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Latitude: 50.9039 / 50°54'14"N
Longitude: -3.1132 / 3°6'47"W
OS Eastings: 321823
OS Northings: 112195
OS Grid: ST218121
Mapcode National: GBR M0.RC47
Mapcode Global: FRA 46CQ.8YX
Plus Code: 9C2RWV3P+HP
Entry Name: Former Fair Toll Booth, About 140 Metres South West of Fairhouse Farmhouse
Listing Date: 18 December 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1060266
English Heritage Legacy ID: 271189
ID on this website: 101060266
Location: Churchinford, Somerset, TA3
County: Somerset
District: Somerset West and Taunton
Civil Parish: Churchstanton
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: Building
This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 10 February 2022 to reformat the text to modern standards and correct a typo.
CHURCHSTANTON CP
ST21SW
8/21
CHURCHINFORD
Former fair toll booth, about 140m south-west of Fairhouse Farmhouse
II
Former market tollhouse, now derelict. Mid-late C19. Random rubble local chert stone, dressed voussoirs to openings, polygonal slate roof partly renewed with corrugated iron, brick stack on right return (south-west). Hexagonal in plan, single cell, canted north-west facade with rectangular openings on returns, plank door on north-east facade, boarded up window opening south-east. Blank sandstone panel centre of canted front, presumably date stone, now eroded.
Interior not seen, said to contain a small fireplace.
It is believed that this was a toll house for cattle purchased at the bi-annual Churchinford fair that was held on this site until the 1930s. The fair was held in February, hence the need for the fireplace, but precise documentation is lacking. Listed primarily for historic interest as a rare example of a fair tollbooth or tollhouse.
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