Gate Lodge To Shotley Hall

The Gate Lodge to Shotley Hall, built in 1856 by Thomas Wilson, features a dated doorhead with a monogram. This building is constructed from squared stone with tooled ashlar dressings and has a roof made of large Welsh slates. It showcases a playful Gothic style. The elevation facing the drive is two storeys high and consists of three irregular bays. It has a chamfered plinth and a central projecting gabled bay that includes a canted bay window with a two-light mullioned window flanked by single lights, all set in moulded stone surrounds. Above this is a window with two triangular-headed lights and iron-latticed cross casements.

The right bay has a pent porch that is set forward on the left, featuring a vertical-panelled door under a triangular head. A stepped ridge stack with a hexagonal plan is present. The left bay is a taller saddleback tower, with the left return displaying two four-pane sashes under segmental-pointed heads on the ground floor, the one to the right located on a canted cutback corner. The first floor has a similar window under a trefoiled arch, with a circular opening above in the steeply-pitched gable. All gables are coped with moulded kneelers, and those on the tower feature trefoiled panels.