Survey Data
Reg No
20864017
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
Gate lodge
Date
1800 - 1820
Coordinates
171848, 72705
Date Recorded
29/03/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, built c.1810. Hipped artificial slate roof with projecting eaves, centrally placed rendered chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves board. Rendered and painted walls having moulded render pilasters to corners and fascia to eaves. Square-headed window openings with render sills and timber casement windows. Square-headed door opening flanked by render pilasters and having moulded render surround to replacement timber panelled door. Rendered square-profile gate piers having limestone ball finials and name of house inscribed to limestone capping stones and double leaf cast-iron gates. Cast-iron railings to rendered flanking walls having rendered terminating piers with limestone capping stones.
Appraisal
The gate lodge for Lotaville is of a design typical for this era and forms a landmark on the roadside indicating the entrance to Lotaville. The decorative railings and gates provide added interest and, like the cut limestone details of the piers, display a high level of craftsmanship.