Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17880 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Toll house, north of Lynn road layby |
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Summary
This carrstone Gothick style tollbooth stands near to the Lynn Road layby. It was virtually rebuilt in 1983 and because of this could not be listed. It is still occupied as a house and the small window for taking tolls remains.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6469 1649 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61NW |
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| Parish: | NORTH RUNCTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Marked on (S1) at former crossroads. Apparently not shown on 1958 version of (S2). It in fact stands north of the old Lynn road (now layby) and south of new straightening, north of a park lodge which is marked. Probably it was removed by mistake when revising the 1958 map to show the layby (made about 1953).
The building is still occupied as a house and appears to be unmodernised since its construction. The small window for taking tolls remains.
S. White 22 January 1982.
Gothick style, with a pointed window each side of central doorway and made from Carrstone. The informant reports that the roof and windows were reportedly replaced in 1986, making the building unlistable. However, [1] clarifies these claims by saying that the building was virtually rebuilt in replica in 1983 not 1986.
Drawing in (S3).
E. Rose (NAU) 19 November 1986.
Monument Types
- TOLL HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch.. |
| <S2> | Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map.. |
| <S3> | Publication: Robinson, B. & Rose, E.. 1983. Roads and Trackways. Roads and Trackways. |
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