Chester Lodge

Chester Lodge is a gate lodge built in 1815 by Ignatius Bonomi for John Lambton, who later became the 1st Earl of Durham. A mid-19th century rear wing was added. The lodge is constructed from ashlar sandstone, with a dressed stone rear wing, and features graduated green slate roofs and stone chimney stacks. Originally designed in a T-plan, the C19 wing extends at right angles from the right rear.

The building is single-storey with a wide two-bay front. Access is through a small square-plan porch that is set back on the right side. The porch has a two-leaf door beneath a segmental arch. The main block features a tall plinth topped by a sill string, with a wide canted left bay that contains three windows, while the right bay has two windows. All windows are replaced sashes set in segmental-headed openings with stepped square-cut reveals. There is a moulded eaves band, and a projecting bay on the left has 20th-century French windows. The low-pitched roof is hipped over the canted bay and the right return, and there are two low ridge stacks with ornamental 19th-century chimney pots. The long single-storey 19th-century wing at the rear has a hipped roof.

Chester Lodge is included for its group value, although a 20th-century rear addition is not considered of special interest.