The Lodge

The Lodge is a house that incorporates the former entrance lodge of the Royal Manchester Infirmary. It was originally built around 1830 and later re-erected on the site by Richard Harding Watt, with extensions added around 1906. The building is constructed of ashlar, with later additions of render over brick and features pantiled roofs. It showcases the Edwardian Free style and is designed in the form of a small Greek Doric temple, complete with a pedimented porch at one end and two 12-pane sash windows on the long rear elevation. There are additional structures facing the street, which have plain windows. To the south, there is a tower with a balustraded parapet and a chimney above a round-arched pedestrian passageway, alongside a roofed vehicle gateway with an overhanging roof supported by timber brackets. The interior has not been inspected. The Lodge is part of a notable series of buildings erected on Legh Road under the patronage of Richard Harding Watt, including The Old Croft.