View from W showing SW front and part of W front

Description View from W showing SW front and part of W front

Date 1965

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 662331

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Toll-house, Clachnaharry Road, Inverness, Highland This toll-house was built in about 1810 to collect tolls on the great road from Inverness to Wick and Thurso, part-funded by Government, and designed under the supervision of Thomas Telford. It is situated on the edge of what was, in the early 19th century, the built-up area of Inverness. This shows the central bay of the toll-house from the south-west. The low-pitched roof with overhanging eaves and the Tudor details were typical of early 19th-century toll-house design. The window on the left gave the toll-keeper a view of approaching traffic, and the panel on the front contained a table of tolls. Tolls on Scottish roads and bridges were abolished in the 1880s, but most toll-houses remained in use as houses, often for roadmen. In 1965 this one had only recently been abandoned. It lay empty until the 1990s, but has now been rehabilitated as a dwelling house. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/65/22/4

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/662331

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap