West Lodge And Gateway To Chillingham Castle

West Lodge and Gateway to Chillingham Castle is a lodge and gateway built in 1835 by Edward Blore for the Earl of Tankerville. It is constructed from dressed stone and features a Welsh slate roof, showcasing Tudor and Jacobean architectural styles.

The lodge is L-shaped, with one and a half storeys and two bays. The left bay projects and has a stone-roofed canted bay window on the ground floor, with a 2-light window above that is set under a hoodmould. The lodge also includes casement windows with double-chamfered surrounds. The right bay is blank and has a front lean-to. The roof features gabled coping, kneelers, and finials, along with an off-centre transverse stack that has two diagonal shafts. A small gabled porch is located on the left return.

The gateway is marked by a wide curved wall that steps up on the right side to the lodge. The lower left section includes two end piers and two central square piers, all topped with roll-moulded ogee caps and similar finials. The central piers support cast iron gates with obelisk finials, flanked by two-stage square towers that sit on plinths at the height of the wall. Each tower features a lower stage with two arcaded sections and a roll-moulded ogee roof that transitions into a diagonally-set upper stage, which also has a similar top and finial.