Survey Data
Reg No
22208002
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
Lodge
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
House
Date
1860 - 1900
Coordinates
193032, 118718
Date Recorded
30/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c. 1880, now in use as house, having return to south end of rear elevation and entrance and middle bay recessed behind line of roof to front to form verandah completing the plan. Flat-roofed single-storey extension to rear and adjoining single-storey outbuilding and small yard to west, all forming an overall rectangular plan. Artificial slate roof, pyramidal to main block and hipped to return, with timber panelled eaves and having red brick chimneystacks. Roof overhanging verandah supported on decoratively carved chamfered timber square-profile posts on stepped cut limestone plinth wall. Snecked roughly dressed squared sandstone walls, having painted brick quoins to front elevation, with painted brick wall to inside of verandah. Square-headed openings with brick voussoirs and jambs. Two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with tooled limestone sills and timber battened door with limestone step. Yard to rear has rubble sandstone wall, timber battened gate and single-storey outbuilding with hipped artificial slate roof and lean-to corrugated-iron and timber extension to west. Garden to front with rubble sandstone boundary wall. Dressed snecked limestone walls with copings to main entrance, having dressed square-profile limestone piers having moulded string course, with stile.
Appraisal
This carefully detailed building was used as a gate lodge to a hunting lodge. The asymmetrical façade, carved timber verandah supports and brick detailing are typical of the influence of the Arts-and-Crafts movement of the late nineteenth century. The painted bricks provide textural contrast to the stone walls, and the timber sliding sash windows provide a patina of age. The sweeping entrance to the hunting lodge over a mile away gives an indication of this building's former function as a gate lodge.