Aldford Lodge To Eaton Park, And Attached Avenue Cottage

Aldford Lodge to Eaton Park and the attached Avenue Cottage are a pair of cottages built in 1877 for the 1st Duke of Westminster, likely designed by Alfred Waterhouse. They feature stone-banded and dressed brickwork on a stone plinth, with pargetted gable heads and red tile roofs that have two shaped brick chimneys. Each cottage is one and a half storeys tall, with approximately two bays and an irregular massing. The windows have deeply moulded stone surrounds, with camber arches on the lower storey and semi-circular arches on the upper. The left cottage has a recessed porch and Tudor-arched doorways. The design includes significant projection and recession, highlighted by stone and brick buttresses. Most lower storey windows have small-pane iron casements, while the lodge lobby and upper storey windows feature leaded glazing. The gables display the letter "W," the year 1877, and foliated geometric patterns in the pargetting.