Survey Data
Reg No
14917008
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
House
Date
1850 - 1870
Coordinates
232737, 223941
Date Recorded
09/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey L-plan gate lodge, built in 1860, with extension to west gable. Set within grounds of Charleville Estate. Pitched roof, with terracotta ridge tiles and rendered chimneystacks, timber bargeboard and finial to gable of façade. Roughly coursed limestone walls with tooled limestone quoins to angles. Date plaque of 1860 set in gable wall. Three light timber lattice windows with tooled limestone surround. Square-headed door opening with tooled limestone surround and timber panelled door. Two-bay single-storey extension with pitched slate roof, terracotta ridge tiles and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered plinth and pebble dashed walls. Timber sash windows and painted sills. Timber panelled door.
Appraisal
This building is of apparent architectural design and detailing with its elaborate bargeboards and timber lattice windows. It would have made an impressive introduction, as a gate lodge, to the estate which it served.