Survey Data
Reg No
12003010
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
Gate lodge
Date
1890 - 1910
Coordinates
250276, 156445
Date Recorded
27/07/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached two-bay single-storey gate lodge with dormer attic, c.1900, with single-bay single-storey lower entrance bay to right. Hipped slate roof (gabled to dormer attic windows; shallow hipped roof to entrance bay) with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimney stack, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on corbels (on rendered eaves to entrance bay). Unpainted roughcast walls. Square-headed window openings (with round-headed openings in bipartite arrangement to ground floor having tripartite arrangement to entrance bay) with cut-limestone sills, and two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with replacement timber panelled door. Set back from road in grounds shared with Good Shepherd Centre (Loreto Convent).
Appraisal
A pleasant small-scale gate lodge making a positive contribution to the group and setting values of the Good Shepherd Centre (Loreto Convent) complex. Inventive glazing patterns enhance the architectural design importance of the composition while the retention of substantial quantities of the historic fabric maintains the character of the site.