Information for record number MWA85:
Toll House at Stone House Cottage, Over Whitacre

Summary A toll house, where travellers would have paid a toll to use a toll road. It was built during the Imperial period and is situated 400m south of Monwode Lea. Formerly listed building as Monwode Stone Cottage
What Is It?  
Type: Toll House
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Over Whitacre
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 26 91
(Data represented on this map shows the current selected record as a single point, this is for illustrative purposes only and does not represent an accurate or complete representation of archaeological sites or features)
Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Listed Building (Grade: II)
Sites & Monuments Record
Picture(s) attached

  
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Turnpike house/toll house marked.
2 This cottage would have been constructed in the spring of 1762. The gable end of the toll gate cottage facing the road is almost certainly from the Manor House and could be contemporary with the base of the chimney, in other words 14th century.
3 Photograph.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Nun M
Author/originator: Dunham R K
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: Tithe Award Map of 1842
Author/originator:
Date: 1842
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Shipston on Stour
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR card: photograph
Author/originator:
Date: 2005
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
Stone House Cottage, a toll house, Over Whitacre, North Warwickshire
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1977
Click here for larger image  
 
back to top

Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
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.
 		back
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
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.
more -> 		back
monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument MANOR HOUSE * The principal house of a manor or village. 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 TOLL ROAD * A road whose upkeep and repair was financed by the exaction of a toll. back
monument TOLL GATE * A gate on a toll road where travellers had to pay a toll to the toll-keeper. back
monument SPRING * A point where water issues naturally from the rock or soil onto the ground or into a body of surface water. back
monument CHIMNEY * Chimney used on an industrial or commercial site. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

English Heritage National Monuments Record