Spring Lodge With Attached Yard Wall

Spring Lodge is a house that has been converted into a hotel, built around 1820 for Mr. Watson, a solicitor. It features mid to late 19th-century additions and alterations. The building is constructed of ashlar and has a Lakeland slate roof with stone chimneys. It is two storeys high and has a two-by-three window arrangement, with a two-storey, one-window extension on the right side and a yard wall to the left, along with a service wing at the back of the yard.

The west entrance front showcases a Greek Doric porch with a deep entablature, leading to a double panelled door with an overlight. The first-floor sashes, which have glazing bars, are topped with flat stone lintels and slightly projecting stone sills. The low-pitched hipped roof features wide eaves supported by widely spaced block corbels, along with a large corniced chimney stack that runs from front to back, and a rear stack located at the eaves of the extension.

On the left side, there are sashes with glazing bars, while the right side, which faces the garden, has Tuscan pilasters and an entablature above a canted bay window on the left, which also includes a blocking course, as well as a square bay on the right. Above these, there are three sashes with glazing bars. The extension to the right is set back and includes tripartite windows in a full-height projecting square bay, featuring block corbels, plain stone surrounds, and mullions, with a first-floor band and top cornice. The roof of the extension is similar to that of the main building.

Inside, there is an open-well main staircase with stucco ceiling decoration, along with a dogleg secondary stair that has wave-moulded tread ends and a rounded handrail supported by stick balusters. The high yard wall is made of coursed rubble and topped with flat stone coping.