Survey Data
Reg No
31310007
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Gate lodge
Date
1800 - 1838
Coordinates
121465, 277919
Date Recorded
07/03/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Detached single-bay (three-bay deep) single-storey pedimented gate lodge, extant 1838. Now disused. Pitched (gable-fronted) slate roof with clay ridge tiles centred on cut-limestone chimney stack having stringcourse below capping, lichen-covered cut-limestone coping to gable forming open bed pediment, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on limewashed rendered eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered limestone ashlar wall to front (south) elevation; limewashed rendered surface finish (remainder). Set in unkempt grounds.
Appraisal
A miniature temple-like gate lodge surviving as an interesting relic of the Mount Pleasant estate following the demolition of the nearby country house (extant 1814; occupied 1901; vacant 1911; in ruins 1995; cf. 31310006). A prolonged period of neglect notwithstanding, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, thereby upholding the much of character or integrity of a gate lodge making a pleasing, if increasingly forlorn visual statement in a sylvan street scene.