Information for record number MWA1966:
Toll house on Banbury Road, Warwick

Summary A toll house which was built in the Imperial period which served the toll road. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1833 and is now a dwelling. It stands on the Banbury Road, Warwick.
What Is It?  
Type: Toll House
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Warwick
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 29 64
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Listed Building (Grade: II)
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Tollhouse marked on the Banbury Road at its juntion with Gallows Hill. It is marked on the OS 1st edition 1" map, and is pictured on a photograph of 1930.
2 The tollhouse is now a dwelling.
3 The Road was turnpiked in 1725, so the tollhouse was probably built around this time.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: TBAS vol 64
Author/originator: Cossins A
Date: 1941-2
Page Number: 85
Volume/Sheet: 64
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: Map 1833
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1833
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: JTG
Date: 1982
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 2227
   
Images:  
View of a toll house on Banbury Road, Warwick
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1900s
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designation Listed Building Buildings and structures, such as bridges, that are of architectural or historical importance are placed on a statutory list. These buildings are protected by planning and conservation acts that ensure that their special features of interest are considered before any alterations are made to them.

Depending on how important the buildings are they are classed as Grade I, Grade II* or Grade II. Grade I buildings are those of exceptional interest. Grade II* are particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Those listed as Grade II are those buildings that are regarded of special interest.
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
source TBAS Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society is a journal produced by the society annually. It contains articles about archaeological field work that has taken place in Birmingham and Warwickshire in previous years. Copies of the journal are kept by the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument DWELLING * Places of residence. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument TOLL HOUSE * A house by a toll gate or toll bridge where tolls are collected. back
monument GALLOWS * A structure used for execution by hanging. Usually two uprights and a cross-piece, from which the offender is suspended by the neck. back
monument TOLL ROAD * A road whose upkeep and repair was financed by the exaction of a toll. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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