Bridge-House

The Bridge-House was a guardhouse built in place of the Bridge Inn during Lotho's control of the Shire.

It was described as a very unfriendly and un-Shirelike place with a dark and gloomy appearance. Unlike most buildings in the shire, it had two-stories with narrow windows and small grates insufficient for lighting a good fires. The top floor rooms were furnished with rows of hard beds and on every wall there were notices and lists of the "Rules".

Frodo and company spent a short time here where they were able to put together a fair meal of what little was available. Enraged at the general state of affairs, Pippin tore the rules notices off the walls which were reported and later were one of many things that got to company arrested by the Shirriffs.