The Round House (also known as The

Toll House A tollhouse or toll house is a building with accommodation for a toll collector, beside a tollgate on a toll road, canal, or toll bridge. History Many tollhouses were built by turnpike trusts in England, Wales and Scotland during the 18th an ...

) at Stanton Drew in the English county of

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was built in the 18th century. It has been designated as a Grade II

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. The two-storey

thatch Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (''Cladium mariscus''), rushes, heather, or palm branches, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. Since the bulk of ...

ed building is hexagonal in plan. It is on the road between

Chew Magna Chew Magna is a village and civil parish within the Chew Valley in the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. The parish has a population of 1,149. To the south of the village is Che ...

and

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and close to the bridge over the

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. It was built around 1793 by the West Harptree Turnpike Trust and served as a toll house when turnpikes were in use. A pouch hung on a hook over the door was used by coach drivers to pay the toll. In the 1850s it was home to the Burridge family who acted as the toll collectors until the Turnpike Trust was abolished in 1876. From 1896 to the 1940s was lived in by Frederick Rich. It was still occupied in 2012. On the ground floor are a kitchen and shower room, and there is a bedroom on the first floor. The total living space is 24 square meters.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Round House, Stanton Drew, The Houses completed in 1793 Grade II listed buildings in Bath and North East Somerset Grade II listed houses in Somerset Toll houses Thatched buildings in Somerset