Former Fair Toll Booth, About 140 Metres South West of Fairhouse Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1986. Tollhouse.

Former Fair Toll Booth, About 140 Metres South West of Fairhouse Farmhouse

WRENN ID
tall-plaster-lichen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 December 1986
Type
Tollhouse
OS grid reference
ST 218 121
Coordinates
50.9039, -3.11318
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former fair toll booth, located about 140 meters south-west of Fairhouse Farmhouse, is a mid to late 19th-century market tollhouse that is now derelict. It is constructed from random rubble local chert stone, with dressed voussoirs around the openings. The building has a polygonal slate roof, which has been partly renewed with corrugated iron, and features a brick stack on the right return (south-west). The structure is hexagonal in plan and consists of a single cell, with a canted north-west facade that has rectangular openings on the returns. There is a plank door on the north-east facade and a boarded-up window opening on the south-east. The canted front has a blank sandstone panel in the center, which is presumed to be a date stone but is now eroded.

Although the interior has not been seen, it is said to contain a small fireplace. This toll house is believed to have served cattle purchased at the bi-annual Churchinford fair, which took place on this site until the 1930s. The fair was held in February, which explains the need for the fireplace, although precise documentation is lacking. The building is listed primarily for its historic interest as a rare example of a fair tollbooth or tollhouse.

Local climate

Former Fair Toll Booth, About 140 Metres South West of Fairhouse Farmhouse receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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