Lodge, Piers, Gate And Railings To Grove House

The lodge, piers, gate, and railings to Grove House, also known as Shotley Grove House, were built around 1826 for Joseph Annandale. The lodge features incised stucco with ashlar quoins and dressings, topped with roofs made of thick graduated dark slate and Welsh slate. The piers are constructed from coarse sandstone, and there are iron railings and a gate. The lodge has a one-storey, two-bay front facing the road, which includes two canted bay windows with deep chamfered stone mullions and lattice glazing, and a low-pitched hipped roof. There is a flat-roofed 20th-century entrance porch set back on the left side. A rear wing, likely from the early 20th century, has a low-pitched hipped roof, and there is a 20th-century one-bay addition that is not of interest. To the right of the lodge, there are two chamfered gate piers with top moulding and octagonal domed coping. Between the lodge and the left pier, a pedestrian gate features a serpentine top rail with fleur-de-lys finials and spear-headed dog-bars. Similar railings extend from the right of the second pier for about five meters alongside the drive.