The Tollhouse, Whitchurch Bridge

The following buildings shall be added:-

WHITCHURCH SU67NW The Tollhouse, Whitchurch Bridge 472-0/8/10004

GV II Bridge tollhouse. 1792, by John Treacher. Painted brick. Plain clay tile roofwith gabled ends. Brick gable-end stacks. PLAN: Small rectangular plan house with entrance at north gable-end and porch on east side facing bridge carriageway. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Nearly symmetrical east front. 2 and three-light casements with leaded panes. central brick gabled porch with doorwayon the right-hand return. Right-hand [north] gable-end has central round-headed doorway with semi-circular fanlight, large imposts and keystone supporting pedimental hood; above the doorway diaper pattern brickwork. Casement windows at rear and on south gable- end. INTERIOR appears to have largely C20 joinery.Note: The first bridge was buiult in timber in 1792, by Act of Parliament, to the designs of John Treacher, surveyor to the Thames Commissioners. It was rebuilt in wood in 1852. The present Whitchurch Bridge [qv] is a 1902 steel structure. SOURCES: [1] Colvin, H., A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840. [2] Company of Proprietors of Whitchurch Bridge, A Short History of Whitchurch Bridge, [08/01/1995].

Listing NGR: SU6359976903