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Listed Building record MDR4035 - Former Tollhouse, Owler Bar, A621, Holmesfield

Type and Period (2)

  • (Georgian to Mid 20th Century - 1800 AD? to 1950 AD?)
  • (Mid 20th Century to 21st Century - 1950 AD? to 2050 AD)

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Full Description

Former tollhouse, Owler Bar, A621, Holmesfield, an early 19th century building. 'SK 294780 Two-storey 19th century masonry tollhouse with single storey mullioned projected bays to south and west. South bay has a doorway. Stone tiled roof with centre stack. Built by the Greenhill Moor and Hathersage Trust.' (1-2) Toll cottage nr Peacock public house. Constructed 1818 when Totley-Baslow turnpike rd made (present A621) closed 1880. Part of Greenhill Moor-Hathersage Trust. 'Toll House, Owler Bar. Two storey gritstone toll house with slate roof; ornate porches with two windows to west and south.' (6) From the National Heritage List for England: 'PARISH OF HOLMESFIELD OWLER BAR SK 27 NE 4/132 Toll House to the 16.12.75 east of the Peacock Inn (formerly listed as Toll Bar Cottage) II Toll House. Early C19. Coursed squared gritstone with ashlar dressings, quoins, plain gables, ridge and east gable stacks, stone slated roof. South elevation. Two storeys, two bays with casement frames set in plain stone surrounds, with C20 joinery. Single storey flat roofed bay window incorporating doorway within an ashlar surround and a 4-light chamfer mullioned window with glazing bar casements. Plain band course above window heads, and shallow parapet above, with flat coping course. West gable with flat-roofed bay window, with 4-light chamfer mullioned window below a plain band and a shallow parapet. First floor window below plain dripmould. Listing NGR: SK2939678012.' (7

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: CBA Panel on Indust Mons 1975 2.
  • <2> Index: Council for British Archaeology (CBA). CBA Industrial Archaeology Report Card. tollhouse, Owler Bar.
  • <3> Photograph: PPJPB. Photo:PPJPB:SMR:507:81-2.
  • <4> Index: PPJPB. PPJPB Registry & Archaeology Service Parish File. 3608.
  • <5> Index: NDAT. NDAT 1304. 1304.
  • <6> Bibliographic reference: Fowkes, D. 2000. Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology. Part V. North East Derbyshire. 34.
  • <7> Listed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1057679?section=official-list-entry.

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Location

Grid reference SK 29396 78012 (point)
Civil Parish HOLMESFIELD, NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Jul 30 2025 3:27PM

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