Sidmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Byes Toll House. Waterloo Bridge was built across the Sid in about 1817, when Salcombe Road provided improved eastern access to the town. A Turnpike Trust was established to collect tolls to help maintain the road. The Toll House, in the fashionable Greek Revival style, dates from about this time. T
he toll made little profit and was discontinued in the 1870s. Subsequently the Toll House has been both a leased dwelling and social housing. The Toll Gate, now at the adjacent entrance to The Byes, f
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