South Lodge To Witton Castle With Walls And Piers Attached And C.3 Metres To South-East is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Lodge.

South Lodge To Witton Castle With Walls And Piers Attached And C.3 Metres To South-East

WRENN ID
hollow-gable-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1975
Type
Lodge
Source
Historic England listing

Description

EVENWOOD AND BARONY SLOSHES LANE NZ 12 NE (North side) 5/35 South Lodge to 19/6/75 Witton Castle with walls and piers attached and c.3 metres to south-east

GV II

Lodge to Witton Castle (q.v.), with walls and piers in front. Probably early C19. Lodge coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings; roof not visible. Walls and piers coursed squared sandstone with ashlar coping. Castellated style. High one-bay gatehouse with 2-storey, 2-bay lodge attached to left. Low 2-centred heads to portcullis-style entrance arch, with machicolated parapet above and side arrow slits. Lodge has chamfered surrounds to paired ground-floor lancets under smaller paired low-2-centred headed lights in right bay; left bay blank. Parapet has chamfered coping, battlemented over arch; rear right angle turret. C20 front left addition not of interest. High wall attached to left has flat coping; square pier at left end has stepped coping and is rusticated.

Similar pier about 2 metres south-east of lodge arch forms left of pier of side entrance to estate; right pier is battlemented.

Listing NGR: NZ1607429409

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