Gatehouse And Former Estate Office At Eccleston Paddocks

The Gatehouse and former Estate Office at Eccleston Paddocks is a two-storey gatehouse and an attached one-storey office, built in 1883 by John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster. The structure features stone-dressed red brick walls with blue diapering and hipped red tile roofs. The gatehouse includes a square spire and a conical-roofed stair turret, along with swept eaves, lead finials, a weathercock, and two shaped brick chimneys. The windows are casements, some leaded and others made of cast iron with small panes, set in stone mullioned and transomed openings.

The east side has a pointed carriage archway with a half-dormer above, leading to the garden, while there is a pointed doorway to the office from the garden featuring a 24-panel oak door. Additionally, there is a Tudor arched doorway from the courtyard on the west side with a boarded door, adorned with ornate wrought iron hinges and handles. The interior has not been inspected.

This gatehouse and former estate office are an essential part of Douglas's design for Eccleston Paddocks, as illustrated in The Building News, Volume 45, in 1883.