Whinburn Lodge and attached Stable Block and Coach House

Whinburn Lodge and attached Stable Block and Coach House

Large house with attached stable block, originally built around 1890 and rebuilt in 1912-13 to the designs of Sir John W Simpson and Maxwell O Ayrton of London. The building is constructed of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and stone slate roofs. It features raised and coped gables, lead down pipes with ornate rainwater heads, and tall plain stone stacks.

The south-west garden front displays a three-storey curved bow window to the right, with three windows to each floor containing 2:3:2 lights and topped with a parapet. To the left are two two-light mullion windows to each floor, and beyond these a tall slightly projecting gable with a four-centred arched doorway and a single light window. Above are two two-light mullion windows, and higher still a tall 3x4-light cross casement window. Beyond these are two two-light mullion windows with a central buttress supporting a curved oriel window above; the top floor has a four-light mullion window. A two-storey wing on the left is dominated by a canted bay topped with a moulded cornice and parapet.

The south-east front has an octagonal bay to the left with small lancet windows. Beyond is a tall stack with a single-storey hipped roof wing containing a single light window. The set-back central section has very irregular fenestration with a central sundial in a moulded stone surround. Beyond to the right is a two-storey wing with a deep parapet and central canted bay with three-light and two-light windows.

The north-east entrance front is dominated by an off-centre square four-storey tower. The tower has irregular buttresses and two pointed arched openings, each with a three-light mullion window on the ground floor. Above is a single cross casement to the left, and above this again two two-light mullion windows; the top floor has a small three-light mullion window with a bracketed sill band to the left and a projecting lintel band to the right. The tower is topped with irregular battlements and square corner turrets. To the left is a three-storey wing with four cross casements under a single hood. Above this is a continuous row of four two-light mullion windows with a broad rainwater head to the right dated 1913; above again are two three-light mullion windows, each under a small gable.

Beyond to the left is a canted square bay containing the main entrance doorway with a moulded four-centred arched opening and a studded door with ornate iron hinges. Above this is a three-light mullion window. Beyond again is a very tall canted bay window to the great hall with 2:3:2 light cross mullion windows five lights tall, with a similar gabled facade beyond. To the right of the tower is a single-storey billiard room with a tall pointed gable and a large three-light mullion and transom window. Beyond this is an attached L-plan stable and coach house with a wall and gates enclosing the stableyard. The single-storey coach house has a broad timber gable over the coach entrance, and the stable wing to the right has a through-eaves loft doorway in a stone gable.

The interior preserves well-maintained Edwardian features including original doors and fireplaces. The very impressive great hall features panelling, a gallery, a stone fireplace, and an impressive roof with arched braces. The main dog-leg staircase has square newels with decorative finials and turned balusters. The reception rooms contain fine imitation 17th-century plaster ceilings.