Yealm Bridge Toll House

This early 19th-century toll house is constructed of stone rubble with a slate hipped roof. It is rectangular in plan, with a polygonal end facing the road. The building is two stories high and has three windows on the road-facing elevation. The windows are Gothick two-centred arches with casements; the first floor windows on the right and left are blind. A central pointed arch doorway contains plank double doors. A similar doorway and pointed arch window are present on the west side. A rendered chimney stack is located on the east side. This toll house stands on the Plympton to Modbury section of the Modbury Trust turnpike, established by an Act of 1759. It is suggested that the nearby Yealm Bridge Toll-hut may have been the original structure, with this toll house representing an early 19th-century replacement, or alternatively that the toll-hut was a later addition to address toll evasion.