Survey Data
Reg No
22830097
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Newtown House
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
Gate lodge
Date
1785 - 1841
Coordinates
261405, 111583
Date Recorded
21/07/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge with half-dormer attic, extant 1841, on a rectangular plan. Renovated, 1988. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered central chimney stack having stringcourse below capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pot, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered stepped eaves with cast-iron downpipe. Rendered walls. Square-headed central door opening with two steps, and concealed dressings framing timber boarded door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-two timber sash windows. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Newtown School.
Appraisal
A gate lodge contributing positively to the setting of the Newtown School complex. Having been well maintained, the form and massing survive intact together with quantities of the original or sympathetically replicated fabric, thus upholding the character or integrity of a gate lodge forming part of a self-contained group alongside an adjacent gateway (see 22830098) with the resulting ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in Newtown Road.