Survey Data
Reg No
22112012
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
Gate lodge
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
217114, 121714
Date Recorded
14/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Pair of single-storey single-bay gate lodges, built c.1830, with pedimented ends to road. Eastern lodge has multiple-bay extension to south and western has multiple-bay extension to west. Hipped slate roofs, with cut sandstone octagonal chimneystacks. and carved sandstone entablature and carved urn to east elevation of west lodge. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walls. Front and gateside elevations and south elevation of west lodge have round-headed recesses with square-headed windows, opposing elevations having carved sandstone plaques above sandstone course and flanked by gate pier to one side and round-headed niche to other, both of latter with square panels above. South elevation of west lodge has sandstone imposts to pilasters flanking recessed opening. Road gables comprising slightly advanced ashlar sandstone blind porticoes each having central round-headed niche with carved impost course and archivolt, flanked by engaged columns with ornate capitals and surmounted by carved frieze with paterae and fluting and pediment topped with octagonal chimneystacks. Replacement timber casement windows. Entrance gates comprise channelled ashlar sandstone piers with plinths, moulded cornices and cut-stone caps with carved wheel detail to forward-facing block, decorative cast-iron double-leaf gates and flanked by decorative cast-iron railings terminating in half-piers and having decorative metal arch detail spanning piers over railings. Pebbledashed flanking quadrant walls with smooth rendered plinths and rendered copings, punctuated by channelled sandstone piers with caps and plinths and terminating in wider ashlar sandstone piers with round-headed niches with moulded impost course, cornice, capping and ball finial flanked by recessed channelled sandstone piers with scrolls, in turn flanked by rubble sandstone boundary walling with hedging.
Appraisal
Designed by the renowned architect William Tinsley these gates and lodges have been executed to the highest standard. The pedimented gables draw there design from Classical influences through detailing such as the Doric columns, niches and carved frieze. The lodges themselves have not been overlooked and have been designed to mirror the main house with the addition of carved eaves courses and urns, surviving to the west lodge. The sweep of the gateway terminating in niches with carved scroll and ball finials creates a dramatic entrance into Marlfield House emphasising its grandeur.