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
Country
England
Date first listed
28 May 2004
Type
Lodge
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.

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