This is a simple offset multi but there is no parking at the headline coordinates.
IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU PARK AT THE PARKING COORDINATES PROVIDED OR ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THERE IN HORSEPOOL LANE. IT IS A SHORT WALK FROM THERE TO THE TOLL HOUSE BUT BEWARE OF TRAFFIC ON THIS BUSY ROAD
The Liskeard Turnpike Trust was formed in 1761 and centred upon the town of Liskeard.
Its primary responsibilities were:
- The roads from Callington and St Austell ( where it linked with the St Austell and Lostwithiel Turnpike Trust at West Taphouse)
and by extensions granted in the 1800s:
- The roads to the two ferry crossings at Saltash and Torpoint
- Roads from Liskeard down the valley to Looe
Between 1820 and 1850, the Liskeard Turnpike Trust gained responsibility for many roads in the eastern corner of the county and especially for the routes to the Torpoint and Saltash ferries. Sheviock, with its elegant church, is a village lying on the most southerly main route between Liskeard and Torpoint.
In its day, this would have been a very busy road leading to and from the towns of Devonport, Stonehouse and Plymouth including the very large and commercially attractive naval dockyards.
The Sheviock Toll House is placed close to the road and has the classic two windows enabling a view in both directions along the road. The centre window can clearly be seen to have been a doorway in its original form.
This is now a private dwelling and is also a Grade II listed building which ensures that its character and appearance will remain largely unchanged from what it looked like when the pikeman collected the dues from travellers.
The house is a private dwelling - you need to get close to it to gather all the information but there is not need to leave the public highway to do so
PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS CACHE AT NIGHT AND ALSO BEWARE OF THE TRAFFIC ON THIS BUSY ROAD
The cache is located about 250 metres away and can be reached on foot or by car.
To find the cache you need the following information:
Across the road from the toll house is telegraph pole, its DP number = AB
On the wall to the right of the five bar gate next to the toll house is a white sign with red letters:
Number of letters in the first word = C
Number of letters in the first word of the last line =D
Across the road is a blue traffic sign:
Number of lower case letters on bottom line = E
The cache can be found at N 50 22.D(C+B)E W 004 17.(D+E)CA
Checksum for all the numbers in the final location =50
The cache is a small tube about 2 inches in diameter and has room for small TBs
All active UK Toll House caches can be found here.
If other geocachers would like to set caches near UK Toll Houses, please get in touch with The Chens first and they will issue a number in the same way as the Church Micro series. They ask that the name is in the form "UK Toll House number - Local name". If you have a system of numbering your own caches, as they do, please put that last.