Survey Data
Reg No
31906017
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Technical
Original Use
Gate lodge
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
181969, 303066
Date Recorded
22/08/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Four-bay single-storey gate lodge, built c.1820, adjoining arched entrance into demesne. No longer in use. Central pointed-arched entrance flanked by single-storey wings. Roof to wings removed, roughly soldiered coping to parapet. Central block of dressed ashlar limestone with string course and corbels to parapet of roughly finished soldier coping of limestone. Random coursed limestone wings with dressed quoins. Square-headed and pointed-arched window openings with stone sills. Flagged floor to south wing. Lodge is situated to western edge of Rockingham Demesne, facing Abbeytown. Lodge once allowed traffic from Abbeytown and Boyle into estate.
Appraisal
This gate lodge, known as Drum Lodge, set on an elevated position terminates the vista east from Abbeytown. It is possibly the work of Nash's draftsman, Humphrey Repton who is credited with the design of many of Rockingham's lodges. This is one of a number of gate lodges associated with Rockingham Demesne and although no longer in use, it forms a striking structure with its rough soldiered coping on the parapet and pointed-arched window openings.