Survey Data
Reg No
14945014
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
The Deanery
Original Use
Gate lodge
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
205858, 184141
Date Recorded
04/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached circular-plan three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c.1820, now derelict. Set back from the road leading to the former rectory. Conical slate roof with circular brick chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls. Round-headed window openings with cast-iron bars. Drop-arched door opening with timber battened door. Segmental-headed fire opening to central chimneybreast. Square-profile stone gate piers accessing avenue to former rectory with pyramidal tooled stone caps, wrought-iron railings, now partially demolished. Random coursed stone wall to road.
Appraisal
Referred to locally as "The Ink Pot", this gate lodge has a charming character. Folly-like in its appearance, the gate lodge marks the entrance to the rectory. Notable features include the central chimneystack that rises to a circular-plan chimneystack with surrounding conical roof.