County Gate Information Centre And Gate Piers In Front On Either Side Of Road (That Part In Countisbury Cp)

The County Gate Information Centre is a toll house with gate piers located on either side of the road in Countisbury. It dates from the early 19th century, with some alterations made in the late 20th century. The building is constructed of coursed stone rubble, featuring slate-hanging on the southwest side and a rendered rear wing. It has a slate roof with gabled ends and is designed in an L-shape, facing southeast. The rear wing is likely a later addition from the 19th or 20th century, and internal partitions have been removed.

The exterior showcases an asymmetrical front with three windows; the two on the right are in square bays that extend under the main roof. The windows are 19th-century wooden lattice casements, with the right-hand pair consisting of three lights and the left-hand window having two lights, all featuring flat stone arches and slate cills. To the left of the center, there is a doorway with an original gabled stone porch that has a segmental stone-arched head and a 20th-century boarded door. The rear has modern roof-lights, a rendered external end stack on the rear wing, and a 20th-century flat-roofed addition in the angle.

Inside, the front range has a four-bay roof with collar trusses, while the rear wing has trussed rafters. In front of the toll house, there are two rough monolithic slate gate piers flanking the Porlock-Lynton road, each with fixing holes for former gates. The eastern pier is located in Somerset, as the county boundary runs down the center of the road at this point.