Survey Data
Reg No
11801012
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Metcalf Park
Original Use
Gate lodge
Date
1820 - 1860
Coordinates
276384, 239380
Date Recorded
26/06/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, c. 1840, retaining early aspect with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to centre and single-bay single-storey lean-to lower return to rear to north. Now disused. Gable-ended roof with slate (gabled to porch; lean-to to return). Clay ridge tiles. Red brick chimney stack. Timber eaves and bargeboards. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Ruled and lined. Unpainted. Square-headed openings. Stone sills. 2/2 timber sash windows. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Set back from road in grounds shared with Metcalfe Park.
Appraisal
This gate lodge, although now disused, is well-maintained and retains most of its original character. A modest-scale structure based on a symmetrical design, the gate lodge presents a reserved frontage on the side of the road. One of a number of structures related to the Metcalfe Park estate, the gate lodge attests to the former quasi-independent communities such estates comprised in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The gate lodge retains most of its original features and materials, including fenestration and a slate roof, and is an attractive feature on the side of the road.