South Lodge, Railings, Gates And Gatepiers

BOSTOCK C.P. BOSTOCK ROAD SJ 66 NE 5/4 South Lodge, railings, gates and gatepiers. - - II Gamekeepers house, formerly Gate Lodge. c1755 with later additions and alterations of c1870. Red brick having timber framed first floor with rendered infill and plain tile roof. Two storeys, originally only one and originally being in the form of a rectangular block with a canted bay window to one side but now having added wing to north west. Entrance front: projecting stone plinth. Door to centre with 2-light casement windows to either side with ashlar sills and wedge lintels. Jettied timber framed first floor with considerably jettied projecting central gabled bay supported on angle brackets and forming porch to door below. Central 3-light casement window to projecting bay which has richly decorated bargeboards. Later C19 addition to right at which time the Lodge was turned into a gamekeepers house. Left hand reveal: canted bay to ground floor and three-light first floor casement window. Decorated cusped framing to gable and richly decorated bargeboards. Rear: canted bay to right with later addition to left. Adjoining the house and projecting south eastwards from the left hand reveal are two rows of iron railings with spear heads which connect with a gate screen of wrought iron railings and which have two square rusticated ashlar gatepiers with pyramidal caps and iron finials above these. Double gates between showing some Art Nouveau influence and similar wickets to either side.

Listing NGR: SJ6778067608