South Lodge, Railings, Gates and Gatepiers is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1986. Gate lodge. 3 related planning applications.

South Lodge, Railings, Gates and Gatepiers

WRENN ID
stony-cupola-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Mid Cheshire MP: Andrew Cooper (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 March 1986
Type
Gate lodge
Address
South Lodge, Railings, Gates and Gatepiers, Bostock Road, CW10 9JF
OS grid reference
SJ 677 676
Coordinates
53.20457, -2.48383
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

South Lodge, along with its railings, gates, and gatepiers, is a Grade II listed gamekeeper's house, originally known as Gate Lodge, built around 1755 with later additions and alterations from around 1870. The building is constructed of red brick, featuring a timber-framed first floor with rendered infill and a plain tile roof. It stands two storeys tall, though it was originally a single-storey rectangular block with a canted bay window on one side. A wing has been added to the northwest.

The entrance front has a projecting stone plinth with a central door flanked by 2-light casement windows, all featuring ashlar sills and wedge lintels. The first floor jetties out, showcasing a central gabled bay supported by angle brackets, which forms a porch over the door below. This projecting bay includes a central 3-light casement window and is adorned with richly decorated bargeboards.

To the right, there is a later 19th-century addition, which transformed the Lodge into a gamekeeper's house. The left-hand reveal features a canted bay on the ground floor and a three-light casement window on the first floor, with cusped framing on the gable and richly decorated bargeboards. At the rear, there is a canted bay to the right with a later addition to the left.

Adjoining the house and extending southeast from the left reveal are two rows of iron railings with spearheads, connecting to a gate screen made of wrought iron railings. This gate screen is flanked by two square rusticated ashlar gatepiers topped with pyramidal caps and iron finials. The double gates between the piers exhibit some Art Nouveau influence, with similar wickets on either side.

Local climate

South Lodge, Railings, Gates and Gatepiers receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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