Survey Data
Reg No
40401526
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
House
Date
1830 - 1850
Coordinates
241260, 314837
Date Recorded
30/11/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey former gate lodge, built c.1840, with gabled porch and recent lean-to extension to rear. Now in use as private house. Hipped slate roof wide overhanging eaves having timber eaves brackets, centrally located brick chimneystack at ridge, and uPVC rainwater goods. Projecting pitched slate roof to porch with fretwork to bargeboards and gable apex, timber posts missing. Random coursed rubble stone walls with squared cornerstones. V-jointed stucco rustication to porch. Replacement timber casement windows with patent reveals, stone sills, and block and start brick dressings, recent timber Tudor hoods to ground floor. Replacement timber panelled door.
Appraisal
An eyecatching former gate lodge which forms part of an important wider demesne group of country house, park landscape, entrance screen, other gate lodges, church, and estate workers’ houses which is a significant part of the architectural and social heritage of the county. Its two storey form is unusual, as most gate lodges are of a smaller single-storey scale. Though some features and fittings have been replaced, the survival of historic features, including the label mouldings and timber bargeboards, add to its character and charm.