East Lodge to Rokeby Park is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1967. Gate lodge. 3 related planning applications.

East Lodge to Rokeby Park

WRENN ID
errant-belfry-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1967
Type
Gate lodge
Address
East Lodge to Rokeby Park, DL12 9SE
OS grid reference
NZ 085 132
Coordinates
54.51448, -1.86888
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

East Lodge to Rokeby Park is a gate lodge built in the early 19th century for J.B.S. Morritt. The building is constructed of ashlar stone and features a 20th-century felted roof with a brick chimney. It is designed in the Greek Revival style, characterized by a pedimented gable front. There are two steps leading up to a Greek Doric distyle-in-antis porch that encloses a six-panel door, which has raised blocks where the rails meet the stiles, all set within a panelled stone surround. The eaves are supported by block corbels. A small ridge stack is present on the roof.

The two-bay returns display broad recesses with renewed nine-pane sash windows in panelled surrounds, and there is a central domed niche that holds a moulded stone urn. At the rear, there is a similar door flanked by two recesses with small inserted windows.

Historically, the artist J.S. Cotman mentioned in a letter that he had made suggestions to Mr. Morritt regarding the lodges, which Morritt intended to take.

Local climate

East Lodge to Rokeby Park receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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