Turnpike Cottage

Turnpike Cottage is a toll house, likely built in the early 19th century and extended in the late 20th century. It is constructed from local stone, rendered, with ashlar dressings, and features Welsh slate roofs between stepped coped gables, along with one brick and one stone chimney stack. The building is designed in the Tudor Revival style and has a T-plan layout, with a rear extension added in 1990.

The exterior consists of two storeys, with the south elevation oriented at right angles to the road and featuring two bays. The first bay includes a projecting gable from the crosswing. The windows are simple casements with rectangular-leaded panes and labels above; there are 2-light windows on the ground floor of bay 1 and the upper floor of bay 2, and a single-light window in the upper part of bay 1. The lower bay 2 has a part-glazed door set beneath a lean-to porch with a hipped slate roof supported by two timber posts at the east end. The east roadside gable has a 2-light window on the first floor. The north elevation features a projection for bay 2, with a 2-light window in lower bay 1, and the gable of bay 2 has been extended, incorporating the upper window into the extension gable.

The cottage was erected by the Wells Trust on the site of the Stoberry Gate on the Bristol Road, which was established around 1753. The tollboard from this gate is now housed in the Wells Museum.