Little Malvern Toll House |
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Small 19th century toll house removed to a museum of vernacular buildings Constructor:
Unclassified
Period of construction:
1800 - 1849
Transport Trust plaque:
No
Transport Mode:
Road
Address:
Avoncroft Museum, Stoke Heath, Bromsgrove B60 4JR
Postcode:
B60 4JR
Nearest Town:
Bromsgrove
Heritage Centre:
Yes
Website:
The principal structure is thought to have been built for the Upton-upon-Severn Turnpike Trust in 1822 in the form of a lodge house with angular front. It is currently a museum exhibit but it retains the tollhouse features almost unaltered. External features include two-storeys on canted bay front floor plan, having a hipped, hip over bay, roof, with walls mainly of brick, roofed in plain tile, round arch headed windows with tracery, no porch with a square headed doorway; replica toll board placed in blind window. Central front door with blind window above and support for a lamp to the right. The building was on a hillside and so the rear exit is onto a bank. The Gothick windows have all have been replaced during the restoration work. The interior is fitted as it was in 19th century. Bibliography:
Addison, Sir William, The Old Roads of England, Harper Collins, ISBN-10: 0713417145 (1980) Albert, W., The Turnpike Road System in England 1663- 1840, Cambridge University Press, ISBN-10: O521033918 (1972) Barker, Theo & Gerhold, Dorian, The Rise and Rise of Road Transport, 1700-1990, Cambridge University Press, ISBN-10: 0521557739 (1995) Davies, Hugh, Roman Roads, Shire Publications, ISBN-10: 074780690X (2008) Gerhold, Dorian, Carriers and Coachmasters: Trade and Travel Before the Turnpikes, Phillimore & Co,ISBN-10: 1860773273 (2005) Hindle, P., Roads and Tracks for Historians, Phillimore & Co, ISBN-10: 1860771823 (2001) Hindley, G., History of the Roads.,Peter Davies, ISBN-10: 0806502908 (1971) Jackson, Gibbard, From Track to Highway: A Book of British Roads, Ivor Nicholson & Watson, ASIN: B00085R4D8 (1935) Jervoise, E., Ancient Bridges of England, Architectural Press, ASIN: B001CD3LXC (1932) Searle, Mark, Turnpikes and Toll-Bars, Hutchinson, ASIN: B0017XBUSK (1930) Sheldon, G., From Trackway to Turnpike, Oxford University Press, ASIN: B0026KBSZS (1928) Taylor, C., Roads and Tracks of Britain, Orion, ISBN-10: 1857973402 (1994) Wright, Geoffery, Turnpike Roads, Shire Publications, ISBN-10: 074780155X (2008) Links:
Turnpikes - Toll House Architecture
Opening Times:
Opening times vary - visit website or telephone 01527 831363
How To Find:
By Road: Off A38
Facilities:
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