Dutson Tollhouse, near Launceston in Cornwall.
N 50° 39.007 W 004° 20.927
30U E 404648 N 5611785
A well maintained tollhouse at Homeleigh which is about 1.5 miles north of Launceston in Cornwall.
Waymark Code: WM3R1W
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/08/2008
Views: 20
Built by Launceston Turnpike Trust in the 19th century as a lodge house with protruding front.This tollhouse is sited at Homeleigh on the A388 Launceston to Holsworthy road. It is currently a domestic property with only minor changes to the original tollhouse structure The door in the porch at the front has been blocked off but the niche for the toll board remains. This well-built house has been rendered on the south side but the bare stonework is visible elsewhere. The tollhouse controlled the turnpike road north and down towards the Devon border at Netherbridge.It is a Grade II Listed building.
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