Streatlam Castle South Lodges, With Walls, Gates And Railings Attached

STREATLAM AND STAINTON A 688 NZ 01 NE (North side) 13/204 Streatlam Castle South Lodges, with walls, gates and 7.1.52 railings attached

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2 lodges, with gates, dwarf walls and railings, and flanking walls, forming south entrance to Streatlam Castle (now demolished). Circa 1840. Lodges: Sandstone ashlar with plinths; roofs of graduated Lakeland slates. Ashlar walls. Wrought iron gates and railings. Classical style.

West lodge square one-storey, one-bay with projecting centre to/each elevation. Aproned and pedimented sash with glazing bars and architrave in south elevation to road; finely dentilled cornice and high blocking course; pyramidal roof with central banded square chimney. Pedimented architrave to 6-panel door and high overlight in right return facing gates, the pediments of door and window at the same height.

East lodge one storey, 3 bays, each end bay with projecting centres on all sides; south elevation has pedimented window at left, and corniced window in second bay, in same style as window in west lodge; third bay blank. Finely dentilled cornice and high blocking course; hipped roof with 2 corniced ridge chimneys. Left return has pedimented door facing gates similar to that in west lodge.

Quadrant wall attached to west lodge and wall breaking forward from east lodge have low rounded coping.

Low rounded dwarf walls attached to inner faces of lodges carry high railings with blunt-spiked heads, top saltire band and semicircular braces, the upper ones inverted, to high dogbars. Vehicle gates in similar style.

Streatlam Castle was the Bowes family home. J. and B. Green carried out work on the Castle in the early 1840's.

Listing NGR: NZ0853718787