Survey Data
Reg No
15401119
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
Gate lodge
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
238501, 262789
Date Recorded
12/11/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached gable-fronted three-bay single-storey gate lodge serving Wilson's Hospital School, built c.1820. Currently in use as a dwelling by school teaching staff. Pitched natural slate roof with raised limestone verges to either end and a single rendered chimneystack to the centre. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebbledashed walls over smooth rendered plinth with limestone quoins to corners. Pointed-arched window openings with cut stone surrounds and sills and replacement windows. Central square-headed doorcase with plain stepped stone surround with keystone over and replacement timber door. Carved limestone coat of arms above doorcase. Modern extension to northwest side. Located at the main entrance to Wilson's Hospital School, adjacent to the main school gates.
Appraisal
Although simple in form, this pretty small-scale building is well-detailed - as befits the gate lodge to an important establishment. The finely carved coat of arms, which almost looks late medieval in date, and the good doorcase are of artistic merit. Although modified and extended in recent years, this building remains an integral and important element of the Wilson's Hospital School complex.