The Old Toll House

The Old Toll House is a circa 1830 toll house, now a house, with alterations and additions made in the late 20th century. It is constructed of rubble, rendered and with granite dressings, topped by an asbestos slate roof with a gable end stack to the left. Originally a single-room plan with a narrow outshut to the rear, the outshut has been replaced by a two-storey 20th-century extension. The building is in a picturesque Gothic style. The symmetrical front elevation is of two storeys, with a central doorway featuring a door with cover strips and chamfered granite jambs, beneath a hood supported on wooden brackets. Flanking windows are set in spays; the window to the right is a two-light casement with Y-tracery and glazing bars, while the one to the left is a 20th-century replacement with glazing bars, both within pointed arched, chamfered granite surrounds. Large granite corbels support the corners above the windows. At first floor is a similar pointed arched window with 20th-century replacement casements. The left gable end has an external stack and a single pointed arched casement with glazing bars at ground floor to the left of the flue. A single-storey porch is attached at the junction with the rear addition, with a four-centred arched door with raised fillets. The pitched roof of the porch continues along the rear wing to the left. The rear wing, of two storeys and three windows, has pointed arched casements at the first floor, and casements at ground floor. The right gable end reveals a quoin at the junction with the rear wing and has a pointed arched window with a six-pane sash at first floor left. The rear wing rises to three storeys due to the slope of the ground; it includes a garage underneath and has three windows at the first floor and two at the second floor. Internally, the original rear wall dividing the single room has been removed. A fireplace remains at the front with a cambered granite head, and the original front door is blocked. The interior has been much altered with 20th-century rebuilding.