GC4V96K UK Toll House 020 - The Pike House, Dursley (Multi-cache) in Southern England, United Kingdom created by Yorkshire Yellow

This cache has been archived.

Yorkshire Yellow: This one has run its course - time to archive. Freeing up the space for someone to place a hide, if they like. Thanks to all who played here.

GC4V96K ▼

A cache by Yorkshire Yellow Message this owner

Hidden : 4/13/2014

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is one in what is a currently a short but slowly growing series of caches based on UK toll houses, started by The Chens. If anyone would like to add another cache to the series then I'm sure they'd be only too happy to hear from you.

All active UK Toll House caches can be found here.

This is a quickie multi which shouldn't take you that long to do. You are looking for a micro container holding a micro cache located close to the "The Pike House".

The Pike House is Grade II listed, having been built in the early 19th century as a turnpike house, thought to serve the 1726 turnpike road linking Dursley with Gloucester. It is likely that a Trust was formed to maintain the road using the money paid in tolls, although these largely died out in the 1870's, and the property appears to be in domestic use in the 1890's. In 1950 a planning application was made to change the use of the building from a garage store to a cafe, the original stone octagonal fronted structure having been extended at that time. The former timber extension was last used as a bike shop up until it closed down in 2010.

The historic part of The Pike House comprises of a small two storey building, faced in ashlar limestone to the front and coursed rubble limestone to the side elevations. It has a canted bay facing the road, with a square headed central plank door with canted oriel window over. There are four further square headed windows in the building. The two first flour windows in the building appear to have been boarded up for many years (possibly due to the window tax, abolished in 1851).

To find the cache

On the northern face of the building is a slate plaque with some words. If A=1, B=2, C=3, etc, then the cache is located at:

N51 (7th+8th+1).3rd(6th-5th) W002 7th.(2nd+7th+8th)(1st-10)

The Pike House in 1890