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Small hexagonal 19th century toll house Constructor:
Unclassified
Period of construction:
1800 - 1849
Transport Trust plaque:
No
Transport Mode:
Road
Address:
Bury Road, Sicklesmere, Suffolk IP30 0BS
Postcode:
IP30 0BS
Nearest Town:
Bury St Edmunds
Heritage Centre:
No
Website:
This little Toll House at Sicklesmere Gate, on the Bury to Sudbury Road, was built by a Turnpike Trust in the 19th century as a lodge house with angular front. Currently it is a domestic property with only minor changes to the original tollhouse structure. External features: two-storeys on octagonal floor plan, with walls of brick, roof of slate, Gothick arch headed windows with tracery, an open porch with a Gothick arch headed doorway; blind window above porch for tollboard. The building is Listed Grade II. 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:
Visible at all times but in private occupation
How To Find:
By Road: On A134 south of Sicklesmere
Facilities:
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Bury St. Edmunds, GBR - Weather via MSN WeatherWeather conditions and forecast for Bury St. Edmunds, GBR
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Lo: 12°C. Hi: 22°C. Chance of precipitation: 65%
Lo: 12°C. Hi: 18°C. Chance of precipitation: 90%
Lo: 11°C. Hi: 18°C. Chance of precipitation: 98%