West Stone Lodge And East Stone Lodge With Attached Walls, Gates And Railings

RISE RISE ROAD TA 14 SW (south side) 2/22 West Stone Lodge and East Stone Lodge with attached walls, gates and railings 16.12.66 (formerly listed as North Lodge entrance to Rise Park) - II Pair of lodges with walls, gates and railings adjoining. Early C19 with later additions and alterations. Sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roofs and wrought-iron gates and railings. Probably by Robert Abraham for the Bethell family with ironwork by Watson and Pritchett of York. Lodges square on plan between walls curved on plan approximately 5 metres long by 1.75 metres high. Double gates and railings in between the lodges. Walls have square end piers surmounted by low pyramidal caps; piers and walls have plinth and moulded cornice. Lodges, alike: entrance to inner return a 6- fielded-panel door with overlight with vertical glazing bars between 8-pane sashes with ashlar aprons. Front facade, plinth. Central recess with 12- pane sash over ashlar apron, between 2 Ionic columns supporting continuous frieze, cornice and blocking course. Peaked roof. Central stack. Similar facade to rear. Gates and railings, alike: railings extend for approximately 0.5 metres to a pedestrian gate flanked by piers, inner piers with central double gates between. Gates and railings have bars and dogbars surmounted by spear heads with 5 levels of rails between, those to top and centre with hollow circles between. Ornamental iron piers.

Listing NGR: TA1481141915