The Old Toll House

The Old Toll House is a toll house built around 1824. It is constructed from roughly squared local stone with ashlar dressings and features a hipped plain clay tile roof and a reconstructed stone chimney stack. The building has a rectangular plan with chamfered corners on the east side and stands two storeys tall.

On the east elevation, there is a plain boarded door set in an ashlar surround, which is sheltered by a timber and tiled porch. Above the door, there is a painted board displaying the full tariff of charges dated 1824, also framed in ashlar. The chamfered faces of the building feature 2-light chamfered mullioned windows with leaded lights on both levels. The south side of the building is rendered, and there is a single-storey lean-to on the north side, along with a 20th-century extension to the west.

The road where the toll house is located was taken into trust in 1765, and in 1824, the area was divided when the Vale of Blackmoor Trust was established, making this the Horsington Turnpike Gate.