South (Front) Lodge, Browsholme Hall And Wall To West Containing 2 Gateways With Gates

BASHALL EAVES SD 64 SE

9/22 South (Front) Lodge, Browsholme Hall and wall to west containing 2 gateways with gates. (formerly listed as Gate and Second Lodge to the south of Browsholme Hall in Bowland Forest Low Parish) 16.ll.1954 GV II

Lodge, 1806, incorporating earlier fragments. Sandstone rubble with stone slate roof. The house is of 2 storeys, and 2 bays towards the south. The windows to the left-hand bay, possibly re-used, are of 2 lights with architraves, square channelled mullions and moulded hoods. The right-hand bay, probably a later C19th addition, has 2-light chamfered mullioned windows with hoods. The chimney, between the bays, has tapering round caps to each of the 2 flues. The gables have copings with ball finials. The west gable has a doorway with moulded surround and a reset shaped lintel with 'TP 1982' inscribed. Above are re-set the Parker arms, taken from Waddington Hall (q.v.). Under the gable are 2 corbels with carved 'Celtic' heads, and a central figure of a saint taken from Whalley Abbey. To the west are 2 gateways. The smaller one, to the right, has a plain stone surround, semi-circular head, and a moulded cornice. It is surmounted by a coat of arms with strapwork decoration. The wider gateway, to the left, has an arch taken from Ingleton Hall. It has moulded jambs and imposts and a moulded segmental arch with a hood. The keystone has a curved coat of arms, with a further coat of arms on each side of the arch. Above is a coping with 3 ball finials. Both gateways have gates of wrought iron.

Browsholme Hall and the West Lodge are in Bowland Forest Low Parish (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SD6859344800