Survey Data
Reg No
22902904
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Gate lodge
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
207545, 92290
Date Recorded
01/10/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached two-bay single-storey limestone ashlar neo-Classical-style gate lodge, c.1830, with single-bay single-storey recessed entrance bay to right having diastyle in antis portico to front, two-bay single-storey side elevations, and colonnade to rear (west) elevation. Now in ruins. Roof now gone (original profile not discernible) with cut-limestone chimney stack, and no rainwater goods surviving on cut-limestone cornice. Tooled limestone ashlar walls with limestone ashlar dressings including piers and corner piers having moulded stringcourses, engaged pilasters, frieze, and moulded cornice over. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills and sill courses, and moulded surrounds. Fittings now gone. Square-headed door opening behind diastyle in antis portico having limestone ashlar paired pillars, moulded surround, and fittings now gone. Limestone ashlar colonnade to rear (west) elevation with paired pillars to ends (one partly collapsed) supporting frieze, and moulded cornice. Interior now in ruins with red brick irregular bond internal walls having remains of plaster over, and camber-headed corner fireplaces with red brick ‘voussoirs’, and red brick lining. Set back from line of road in grounds shared with Headborough House with overgrown grounds to site.
Appraisal
A well-composed small-scale gate lodge of formal appearance and Classically-derived detailing. Various features, including the portico and colonnade, enhance the architectural quality of the composition, while the construction in limestone ashlar with limestone dressings attests to high quality stone masonry and craftsmanship. Now in ruins, the gate lodge nevertheless remains an important element of the Headborough House estate, and forms a picturesque landmark of Romantic quality in the locality.