Building record M3215 - FORMER TOLLHOUSE AT SOUTH EAST END OF TRENT BRIDGE & ADJOINING RAILING

Summary

TOLL HOUSE (Georgian to Late 20th Century)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 79662 54104 (20m by 25m)
Map sheet SK75SE
District Newark
Civil Parish Newark, Newark

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Tollhouse, 1760-1780. Mostly as originally built, in use as house and offices. See NIAR archive file for detailed description. (1)
A pretty little two-storey early C19 toll house. (2)
Former tollhouse … and adjoining railing. c.1800, with mid C19 additions. (3)
A toll house, constructed for the Dukes of Newcastle to service the Trent Bridge. It was constructed soon after 1775 when the bridge was completed. The building appears on the Attenburrow survey of the town in 1790 commissioned by the Dukes of Newcastle which shows it as a single-pile L-shaped building. This largely corresponds to the two-storey building with a single-storey range adjoining it on its eastern elevation, which survives today. The building was extended to make it a double-pile plan during the mid-19th century with a further two-storey range to the rear, this has a crowstepped gables. The former tollhouse sits in landscaped terraced gardens which run down to the river and abut the edge of the Castle Gardens. The building retains 19th-century boundary walls and cast-iron railings. It has been occupied by the Women’s Institute since 1975 when the building was purchased by the Nottinghamshire Federation, it continues to function as their regional headquarters. It was Grade II listed in 1971 and sits within the Castle Gardens Registered Park and Garden. (4)
See M3214 for bridge.


Data Held: Ground Photograph (Ground photograph). SNT2646.

3 prints, 203u/29-31, RCHME

Listed buildings slides, 5 slides (Photograph). SNT2648.

<1> TPAT, 1993, NIAR Gazetteer, p 82 (Published document). SNT252.

<2> Pevsner N, 1997, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire (with corrections), p 199 (Monograph). SNT1734.

<3> DOE, Listed Building Description (Published document). SNT228.

<4> Historic England, 2024, Newark on Trent, Historic Area Assessment by Historic England (Unpublished document). SNT6029.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • --- Ground photograph: Data Held: Ground Photograph.
  • --- Photograph: Listed buildings slides. 5 slides.
  • <1> Published document: TPAT. 1993. NIAR Gazetteer. p 82.
  • <2> Monograph: Pevsner N. 1997. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire (with corrections). p 199.
  • <3> Published document: DOE. Listed Building Description.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Historic England. 2024. Newark on Trent, Historic Area Assessment by Historic England.

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Record last edited

Nov 19 2025 2:10PM

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