IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Burcot Gate, TELFORD, TF6 5AD
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Burcot Gate, TF6 5AD by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (28 Images Found)
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Details
Distance
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Burcot Gate Toll House
Grade II listed. Also known as the Round House or Umbrella House.
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 18 May 2019
0.03 miles
3
Former tollhouse near Leaton
A charming little building, also known as the Round House or Umbrella House. Built in 1835, possibly to the designs of Thomas Telford who at the time was building a bypass of Overley Hill. See also here: Image Its life collecting tolls came to an end in the mid-1860s. Grade II listed.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: Unknown
0.04 miles
4
Burcotgate toll house
Toll house, old Watling Street. Probably designed by Telford. Stone plaque above central sash: "WT/1835". Note the fancy iron straps on front door & deeply overhanging eaves to protect tollkeeper & passengers.
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 10 Feb 2008
0.04 miles
5
Layby on A5
The first opportunity to stop heading west after the M54 becomes the A5.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 12 May 2015
0.04 miles
6
Burcotgate former toll house
Dated 1835, and supposedly designed by the county surveyor of Shropshire who died a year earlier, Thomas Telford, after whom the nearby town has taken its name. The tollhouse is variously known as The Round House or The Umbrella House, and was Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101210173-the-round-houseumbrella-house-wrockwardine#.YOycWuhKjIU & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1210173 in 1983.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 12 Jul 2020
0.04 miles
7
Old Toll House, Burcotgate
Toll House by the B5061, Umbrella House or The Round House, No. 1, Burcotgate, Roman Road.
Grade II listed.
List Entry Number: 1210173 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1210173
Surveyed
Milestone Society National ID: SA.WRW
Image: © Milestone Society
Taken: Unknown
0.04 miles
9
A5 - minor road overbridge near Overley Hill
This section of the A5 between Shrewsbury and the M54 motorway has been built properly: dual carriageway, good alignment and no junctions at grade. Memo to Whitehall: copy to every primary route please!
Image: © Peter Whatley
Taken: 18 Jan 2011
0.05 miles
