Description

ILMINSTER

ST3415 STATION ROAD
1939-1/5/132 (North side)
29/07/76 No.138
Old Toll House and attached railings

II

Toll house. Mid C19. Limestone ashlar to first-floor left and
forward-facing gable, limestone rubble to the rest; slate roof
with brick stacks to right gable end and inside of left gable
end. Truncated T-shape plan.
2 storeys; 3-window range. All windows have C20 two-light
casements, except that to the first-floor right, which has 3
lights. A canted bay to the left-of-centre has a window
replacing a former door to the front which has a flat stone
hood on wooden brackets; the porch-line continues as a string
course to each side and forms labelled hoodmoulds over
ground-floor stone mullioned windows. The sides of the canted
bay are corbelled out to form a flat front to the bay on the
first floor, which has a fretted bargeboard and a terracotta
finial to the gable above. Entrance is now in the left (west)
return.
INTERIOR not inspected but seen to be altered.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Wide-spaced railings on a stone plinth
enclose a forecourt.

Listing NGR: ST3474715125

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585763

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)