Couple sell home to buy bridge A couple have sold their home and business to buy a rural toll bridge which will allow them to charge motorists without paying any income or business taxes. Grahame Penny and Maggie Taylor paid £403,000 for the Whitney-on-Wye bridge between Hereford and Hay-on-Wye. The crossing, which comes with a two-bedroom cottage and 1.1 acres, was built in 1779 and was granted exemption from tax by an Act of Parliament as it was privately funded. It brings in around £2,000 per week but the couple will have to pay for annual maintenance and any staff costs. Tolls, which must be approved by the Department of Transport, cost 10p for a bicycle, 20p for a motorbike and 80p for a car or light goods vehicle. The bridge has been sold only twice before, one family having held on to it for 180 years. It underwent major reconstruction in 1993 and the last owner installed an automatic barrier to replace the toll keeper's booth and out-of-hours honesty box. The couple sold their home and training company in the Cotswolds. Ms Taylor, 47, said: "I saw an article about the sale and we fell in love with it."