Preston Lodge South With Attached Screen Wall And Gate

LATHOM

SD40NE HALL LANE 663-1/5/63 (East side) 11/08/72 Preston Lodge South with attached screen wall and gate (Formerly Listed as: HALL LANE Preston Lodges Lathom Hall)

GV II

One of a pair of entrance lodges to Lathom Park, now private dwelling (in separate ownership), with attached screen wall, gate pier and gate. Probably late C18 or early C19; altered. Sandstone ashlar with slate roof, cast-iron gate. Small square lodge incorporated in straight screen wall with gate pier at north end. The single-storey lodge, with moulded cornice and pyramidal roof, has one 9-pane top-hung casement window in the outer wall; inside the screen wall, a similar window in the opposite side, a small window to the drive, and a C20 single-storey extension to the south and east. The screen wall terminates at a tall square gate pier with a moulded cornice, carrying a large ornamental cast-iron gate. Forms a functional pair with Preston Lodge North (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SD4551209739