Survey Data
Reg No
32403303
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Hunting/fishing lodge
In Use As
House
Date
1870 - 1890
Coordinates
161415, 318900
Date Recorded
26/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey with attic rendered fromer hunting lodge, built c. 1880. Rectangular plan, gable-fronted forward-projecting bay to south of front (east) elevation. Pitched slate roofs, clay ridge tiles, unpainted smooth-rendered chimneystacks, half-round cast-iron gutters on painted timber projecting fascia, painted timber projecting bargeboards. Unpainted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walling, flush ashlar limestone quoins. Square-headed window openings, stone sills, painted one-over-two timber casement windows. Square-headed door opening, plain-glazed overlight, painted vertically-sheeted timber door. Single-storey roughcast outbuilding with pitched roof to north-west. Set in garden, timber boundary fence, on edge of wooded demesne of Temple House.
Appraisal
This rather plain former hunting lodge is an example of the diverse range of architectural styles to be found within the demesne of Temple House.