Barnhill Tollhouse (also known as the Old Toll House), located just to the southeast of

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, Scotland, was built in the early 19th century. Now a Category A

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,Dundee Road, Barnhill Tollhouse
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it stands on Dundee Road, where it formerly collected tolls from vehicles entering the Perth city limits. Its architect is believed to be

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, whose other designs include

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and

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. It is a single-storey structure, in a T-plan with basement in the fall of the ground. Its

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front and centre bay projects recessed

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s. Its roof is slated and piended. The building has been on the

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since 2004.Barnhill Tollhouse, Dundee Road, Perth
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In 2018, plans were revealed to develop the structure into a three-storey dwelling with a rooftop garden."Plan to transform Perth’s historic Old Toll House will preserve character"
– '' The Courier'', 28 November 2018 A plaque that showed the tolls due, which was on the right of the building's frontage, has been put into storage and will be restored to the structure upon the completion of work.

Gallery

File:Former tollhouse (geograph 6694602).jpg, A list of tolls due on the building (since removed, to be reinstalled upon completion of renovation)

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External links

Perth, Dundee Road, Barnhill Tollhouse
– Scotland's Places
A view of the building
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