Survey Data
Reg No
15702903
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Mount Elliott House
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
Gate lodge
Date
1760 - 1840
Coordinates
272411, 130274
Date Recorded
18/09/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, extant 1840, on an L-shaped plan with single-bay (south) or two-bay (north) single-storey side elevations. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles centred on replacement red brick Running bond chimney stack having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods to front (east) elevation on slightly overhanging rendered eaves on cast-iron pillars on cut-granite stepped plinths with cast-iron rainwater goods (remainder) on slightly overhanging eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Pointed-arch central door opening with concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled door. Pointed-arch flanking window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows having lattice glazing bars. Pointed-arch window openings (remainder) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows having lattice glazing bars. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Rosemount House.
Appraisal
A gate lodge contributing positively to the group and setting values of the Rosemount House estate with the architectural value of the composition confirmed by such attributes as the compact plan form centred on a pillared concave frontage; the "pointed" profile of the openings underpinning a "picturesque" Georgian Gothic theme in contrast to the restrained Classicism of the nearby country house (see 15702901); and the slightly oversailing roofline. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, thus upholding the character or integrity of a gate lodge making a pleasing visual statement in a sylvan street scene.