Italian Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1974. Lodge. 1 related planning application.
Italian Lodge
- WRENN ID
- ruined-casement-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wirral
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1974
- Type
- Lodge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BIRKENHEAD
SJ3088 PARK ROAD SOUTH 789-1/10/125 (North side) 28/03/74 No.88 Italian Lodge (Formerly Listed as: BIRKENHEAD PARK Entrance gateway consisting of Italian Lodge, and 5 gatepiers)
GV II
Lodge to Birkenhead Park. c1843-47. Lewis Hornblower amd John Robertson for Sir Joseph Paxton. Ashlar faced with Welsh slate roof. Italianate style. Two-storeyed, the plan comprises tower linked to a rear block by a single bay. Round arched entrance door in side of tower, and large projecting bay to front with high parapet. One 12-pane sash window with entablature over in each face above, and open arcaded upper stage and projecting eaves cornice. Squared bay in rear range and paired round headed sash windows above. Smaller service block to rear. The lodge forms part of the original development of Birkenhead Park but is now derelict.
Listing NGR: SJ3068388700
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