Listed Building record MDO23601 - Turnpike Cottage, High Street, Thorncombe

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Eighteenth century cottage with rubble walls with a stone slate roof.

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ST 37240291) Turnpike Cottage (NAT). (1) An ancient cottage at Thorncombe Thorn cross-roads, described as a toll-house on the Ordnance Survey 6", may be a relic of the original route of the Lyme Regis and Crewkerne Turnpike Trust. It is also on the road from Forde Bridge to Birdsmoor Gate, a turnpike of the Chard Trust. (2)

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  • <1> Monograph: Good, R. 1966. Old Roads of Dorset. 131.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1968.
  • <3> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 191504.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 37237 02923 (14m by 13m)
Map sheet ST30SE
Civil Parish Thorncombe; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 30 SE 6
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 191504

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Apr 4 2022 1:39PM

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