Survey Data
Reg No
20805025
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
Castle Widenham
Original Use
Gate lodge
Date
1810 - 1830
Coordinates
168184, 102113
Date Recorded
02/11/2006
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge with castellated advanced entrance bay, built c. 1820. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles and painted rendered chimneystacks. Limestone ashlar walls with plinth and eaves course. Square-headed mullioned two-light windows with replacement timber glazing, with label-mouldings and chamfered surrounds. Entrance bay has decorative corner buttresses with pointed-arch panels and moulded cornice. Tudor-arch doorway with replacement timber panelled door flanked by blind lancets, all with chamfered surrounds and having continuous hood-moulding. Slightly set back from road with cast-iron railings bounding front garden.
Appraisal
The concept and design are clearly intended to reflect the style of Blackwater Castle to which the lodge forms a fitting introduction. The castellated entrance creates a visual impact which belies its small scale and the mullioned windows and Tudor arch doorway make reference to an earlier architectural style and the buttress details add artistic interest.