Description

BARKWAY HIGH STREET TL 3835 (West side) Barkway

9/54 No. 158 (Clockhouse Cottage)

- II

Turnpike toll house, now a dwelling. Late C18, extended and altered C20. Roughcast brick. Steeply pitched tiled roof. Originally 2 bays, extended 1 bay to left. 2 storeys. Entrance with plank door to right. 2 light small pane casements, slightly recessed with segmental heads. First floor right hand window has an iron bracket for left light possibly relating to original tollgate function, next to this is a clock in a round chamfered opening with a bracketed hood. Cogged brick eaves. Right gable end parapet and internal stack. Original left end stack now adjoins added left bay with a slightly higher ridge. Left end ground floor bow window and first floor 2 light casement. Attached to right is a low 1 storey weatherboarded outbuilding with a steeply pitched roof, a further lower outbuilding to far right with a stack. Lean-to outshuts to rear. Interior not inspected. The house is set at an angle so as to provide a view of the road as it approaches Barkway. Listed for historical interest.

Listing NGR: TL3835335084

External Links

• Wikidata Q26469587

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)