It was built for the Winchester to Newtown River Turnpike Trust in the 19th century in the form of a lodge house with angular front. It has two-storeys on an octagonal floor plan, a pyramidal roof, and walls mainly of render. It is roofed in slate, with square headed windows with tracery. There is an open front veranda with a square headed doorway with supported overhanging eaves.
It is listed Grade II.
On the London Road, B3400, on the east side of Whitchurch.
Addison, Sir William. The Old Roads of England ISBN 0 7134 1714 5 (1980)
Albert, W. The Turnpike Road System in England 1663- 1840. Camb. Univ. Press. ISBN O 5210 3391 8 (1972)
Harrison, David. The Bridges of Medieval England. Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-922685-6 (2004)
Hindle, P. Roads and Tracks for Historians. ISBN 1 86077 182 3 (2001)
Hindley, G. History of the Roads. Peter Davies. ISBN 0 8065 0290 8 (1971)
Jackson, Gibbard. From Track to Highway. (1935)
Jervoise, E. Ancient Bridges of England. Architectural Press. (1932)
Sheldon, G. From Trackway to Turnpike. Oxfd. Univ. Press. (1928)
Taylor, C. Roads and Tracks of Britain. ISBN 0 460 04329 3 (1979)
Turnpikes< - Toll House Architecture
