Survey Data
Reg No
16401204
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Hunting/fishing lodge
Date
1955 - 1960
Coordinates
315882, 208490
Date Recorded
19/08/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached eleven-bay one and one and a half-storey former hunting lodge, built in 1956, now in use as a house. The original house was built in c.1790-1800, destroyed by fire in 1956 and immediately rebuilt as an exact copy. It was originally designed, possibly by Francis Sandys, in gingerbread Gothic style for Peter La Touche. The house is finished in render with drip mouldings, miniature battlements with some pinnacles. The door is set within a segmental-arched opening. To either side there are bow windows. Window openings are flat-headed with two over two timber sash frames; those to the bows have Gothic drip mouldings while to others, mouldings are rectangular. To first floor there are a series of decorative trefoil windows. The house nestles within a small wood at the base of the Luggala Valley adjacent to the lake of the same name.
Appraisal
Although reconstructed in 1956 this faithful reproduction of a late 18th century hunting lodge is an important addition to the heritage of the area. It compliments its dramatic setting within the deep Luggala Valley.