Survey Data
Reg No
22401101
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
House
Date
1860 - 1870
Coordinates
197225, 194401
Date Recorded
15/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge with attic, built c.1865. Now in use as house. Pitched slate roof with dressed limestone chimneystack. Coursed limestone rubble walls, snecked to front and having dressed limestone quoins. Square-headed openings with limestone label-mouldings. Replacement timber windows with cut limestone sills. Replacement timber battened door with paned overlight, set in square-headed opening with limestone label-moulding.
Appraisal
This gate lodge retains its original form which is enhanced by the retention of features and materials such as the slate roof and label-mouldings which enliven the modest façade. This gate lodge forms part of a significant group of related structures with the buildings of Sopwell Hall demesne.