Survey Data
Reg No
40402012
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Previous Name
Farnham House
Original Use
Gate lodge
Date
1830 - 1850
Coordinates
239289, 305811
Date Recorded
13/06/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Detached two-bay two-storey gate lodge, built c.1840, with large return, side entrance through opening in flanking side wall to north. Now disused. Hipped natural slate roof with deep oversailing eaves having timber soffit supported by paired timber brackets. Rendered stacks to rear wall and return. Squared and snecked quarry faced cut-stone walls with large corner stones. Red brick block-and-start surrounds and cut-stone sills to bipartite multiple-pane timber casement windows, segmental-arched recesses with similar brick surrounds to taller ground floor windows. Bipartite two-over-two timber sash windows to upper level of north elevation facing over demesne wall to road. Set back from road behind high gate screen.
Appraisal
An attractive gate lodge, likely to have been constructed as part of the improvements made to the Farnham Estate by Henry Maxwell, 7th Lord of Farnham . The lodge presents an early aspect, retaining many of its historic features and materials. The bracketed eaves, bipartite windows, and red brick dressing enliven the composition of the gate lodge, and enhance its architectural interest. Located at former secondary entrance to the Farnham demesne, the lodge forms an architectural ensemble with the adjacent entrance screen, its roof and upper floor window visible over the high screen wall, making a visual statement of high aesthetic quality. It forms an integral part of the extensive demesne associated with Farnham House, a demesne which is an important part of the architectural heritage of the county.