Garden Lodge, Yard Walls and Attached Storeshed and Domestic Offices is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1983. Lodge.

Garden Lodge, Yard Walls and Attached Storeshed and Domestic Offices

WRENN ID
haunted-paling-amber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1983
Type
Lodge
Address
Garden Lodge, Yard Walls and Attached Storeshed and Domestic Offices, Eccleston Approach, Eaton and Eccleston
OS grid reference
SJ 415 611
Coordinates
53.14434, -2.8751
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Garden Lodge, along with its yard walls, attached storeshed, and domestic offices, was built between 1881 and 1883 by Alfred Waterhouse for the 1st Duke of Westminster. The building is constructed of sandstone and features roofs made of shaped red tiles. It has two storeys and a complex shape, highlighted by a massive central chimney with six attached circular flues. The front and left gable have arched bargeboards supported by shaped brackets, while the right gable is simpler in design. The eaves are adorned with concave plaster panels.

The lodge includes an ornate oak-framed pentice porch with a floor of patterned tiles, leading to a framed and boarded oak door that has ornate hinges and a handle. The windows are surrounded by moulded stone and oak, with mullions and finely executed patterned leaded glazing. There is a square bay window made of oak on the left side, and a hipped pentice over the window at the left end. A lychgate doorway to the yard is situated under a gabled roof. The outbuildings are integrated into the overall composition.

Inside, the lodge features six-panel doors with chamfered stiles and rails, as well as a partly enclosed dogleg stair with a chamfered newel and a well-crafted patterned balustrade. Overall, this lodge is characterized by its opulent detailing, fine materials, and high-quality workmanship.

Local climate

Garden Lodge, Yard Walls and Attached Storeshed and Domestic Offices receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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