Survey Data
Reg No
22125004
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Previous Name
Coolville
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1810
Coordinates
200378, 113971
Date Recorded
22/04/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c. 1805, with flat-roofed extension to rear and west gable. Now in use as house. Pitched reed thatched roof with slightly raised ridge and brick chimneystack. Painted rendered walls having square-headed openings with replacement timber windows. Timber matchboard door with limestone threshold. Curving coursed roughly-dressed limestone walls to entrance gateway with cut limestone coping, dressed limestone piers with cut limestone capstones with ball finials. Square-headed pedestrian entrance. Replacement timber gates.
Appraisal
Built by the Grubb family, this structures forms part of a group of buildings within the Coolville demesne. The lodge and gateway occupy a prominent position on the main entrance to the town. The gate lodge is unusual in style and forms an interesting contrast with the grander walls and piers of the entrance.