Survey Data
Reg No
22208212
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
Gate lodge
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
214037, 120509
Date Recorded
29/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay split level gate lodge, built c. 1820, having single-storey front elevation and two-storey rear, with recent two-storey extension to rear. Hipped slate roof with lead flashing, central red brick chimneystack and overhanging eaves. Exposed coursed rubble limestone walls with dressed quoins. Square-headed window openings with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with red brick surrounds and limestone sills, set in segmental-headed recesses to front elevation, with red brick surrounds. Square-headed timber battened door with red brick surround set in segmental-headed recess with red brick surround. Garden to front with cast-iron fence and having pointed arch opening in rubble limestone boundary wall to west having red brick surround. Limestone entrance gateway and cast-iron gates adjacent to gate lodge.
Appraisal
The split-level form of this gate lodge is unusual and is an interesting adaptation to its sloping site. The recesses into which the front door and windows are set make the building distinctive and the contrast between the limestone and brick give the building pleasant textural variation. The lodge is accompanied by fine entrance gates to the demesne and along with the country house and other features, forms a significant architectural ensemble of related structures.