Outside in the tollhouse garden the frosted stems of last summer's flowers stood upright in the snow.
"The Iron Woman"
Margaret Deland
The White Lion stood by the fourth tollhouse on the highway from London, and its oak-panelled parlours have entertained travellers for four centuries or more-none thirstier, perhaps, than "Liberty" Wilkes, who passed that way on a day in 1794, and drank "a large bowl of lemonade."
"Highways and Byways in Surrey"
Eric Parker
Immediately on arriving at the gate, they commenced the business of the night, and proceeded to raze gate, posts, and tollhouse, with an alacrity and perseverance which soon accomplished its purpose.
"Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign"
John Ashton