West Lodge and Otley Lodge and associated walls, gate pillars and gates is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 2004. Lodge. 4 related planning applications.
West Lodge and Otley Lodge and associated walls, gate pillars and gates
- WRENN ID
- tired-floor-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds North West MP: Katie White (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 2004
- Type
- Lodge
- Address
- West Lodge and Otley Lodge and associated walls, gate pillars and gates, Farnley Lane
- OS grid reference
- SE 205 462
- Coordinates
- 53.91168, -1.689
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Lodge and Otley Lodge are a pair of lodges, with associated walls, gate pillars, and gates, likely dating to the late 18th century, possibly designed by John Carr. They stand at the western edge of the Farnley estate, and have undergone later 20th-century alterations and are now partly in residential use.
The lodges are small, square buildings constructed of coursed dressed gritstone with projecting rusticated quoins, and have hipped roofs covered in stone slate. West Lodge has a ball finial at the roof apex and a chimney stack on its north face, along with a finely moulded eaves cornice. The east elevation of West Lodge features a modern doorway with an architrave, keystone, and projecting flat stone cornice, approached by three steps bordered by low stone walls with carved parapets. Above the doorway, and also above the central window on the south elevation, is a carved sandstone coat of arms of the Fawkes family, dated 1618. These coats of arms are not original to the lodges and are likely reused or possibly 18th-century imitations. The west elevation of West Lodge is blank, while the north is obscured by a modern, stone-built extension with a hipped stone slate roof, which is excluded from the listing.
The right-hand lodge, Otley Lodge, is a mirror image of West Lodge, without the modern extension, a modern door or window, and remains unoccupied. Both lodges are set back from the road and are joined by sweeping stone walls that extend outwards towards the road and inwards towards each other. The walls terminate in gritstone pillars with heavily chamfered rusticated ashlar, creating a stepped appearance, topped by square, moulded capitals with cornices and pyramidal roofs, further adorned with scrolled brackets. Ornate, elegant wrought iron gates are set between the pillars.
Local climate
West Lodge and Otley Lodge and associated walls, gate pillars and gates receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings
Nearby listed buildings
- Pair of Cemetery Chapels at Otley Cemetery
- All Saints Church of England Middle School with Caretaker's House
- Otley Congregational Church and Sunday School
- Boat Buildings
- 101, Cross Green
- 103 and 105, Cross Green
- 36, Cross Green
- The Mechanics Institute
- White Swan Public House
- Cross Green Youth Centre