Price slashed for Thomas Telford's 'Umbrella House' on old A5 between Wellington and Shrewsbury
A former toll house on the outskirts of Wellington has had its guide price slashed.
The Grade II listed Burcotgate was built as a tollhouse in 1835, as part of a project to improve connections between London and Holyhead, following the unification of Britain and Ireland.
The new route (Holyhead Road, later the A5) utilised a historic road that had been paved and formalised by the Romans, running from Dover through London to the city of Wroxeter, near Shrewsbury.
As part of the 19th century scheme, a toll gate near Wrockwardine, west of Wellington, was also improved and the tollhouse of Burcotgate was constructed.
The house was used to collect tolls for only a short time, as during the mid-1860s the local government became responsible for road maintenance.
