Survey Data
Reg No
14942032
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
Gate lodge
Date
1900 - 1905
Coordinates
209535, 189930
Date Recorded
01/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached irregular-plan three-bay two-storey gate lodge, built 1903, with single-storey bay and canted-bay window to front, full-height canted-bay window rear and extension to side. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge cresting and red brick chimneystacks and bargeboards to gables. Hipped slate roof to single-storey bay to front and lean-to slate roof to side extension. Ruled-and-lined render to walls. Timber casement windows. Porch set at an angle to front elevation with timber posts supporting lean-to roof. Replacement timber battened door. Limestone gate piers with wrought-iron gates, flanking ruled-and-lined rendered walls, cast-iron railings and stone wheel guards.
Appraisal
With ornate bargeboards and an irregular plan, this gate lodge exudes a very Victorian character. Restored and renovated, the house is in fine condition an enhances its setting.