South Lodge With Adjoining Gate Piers And Their Flanking Walls

WHITTINGTON B6254 SD 67 NW

2/210 South Lodge with adjoining gate piers and their flanking walls

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Lodge to Whittington Hall (q.v.), probably 1830s by George Webster. Sandstone rubble with slate roof. One storey with attic. North-east wall, facing drive, has one bay on each side of a central projection with steep gable. The windows are chamfered, with 2 lights divided by a transom. The central projection has a studded door with strap hinges in a chamfered surround with triangular head. Above is a blank square recess. The south-east wall, facing the road, has a gabled projection which has a canted bay window with coping. The window has mullions and transoms, with 6 lights at the front and 2 lights to each canted side. To the left is one bay which has a timber attic dormer with shaped bargeboards. All the gables have copings. Chimneys have paired shafts and are on left-hand gable and to left of gabled projection. The gate piers are of sandstone ashlar and are octagonal with moulded caps and ball finials. They have concave flanking walls with copings, the left-hand one forming a link to the lodge.

Listing NGR: SD6008575836