South Lodge and Attached Gatepiers is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1986. Lodge. 1 related planning application.
South Lodge and Attached Gatepiers
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1986
- Type
- Lodge
- Address
- South Lodge and Attached Gatepiers, Moor End, Boston Spa, LS23 6ER
- OS grid reference
- SE 410 457
- Coordinates
- 53.90654, -1.37708
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
South Lodge and the attached gatepiers are located at the west end of Moor End roundabout in Boston Spa. This lodge, built in the early 19th century, is associated with the Wetherby Grange estate. The structure is made of ashlar sandstone with a concealed Welsh slate roof, while the gatepiers are constructed from magnesian limestone, likely dating from the late 18th century and altered over time.
The lodge is a single-storey building with three bays plus an additional bay on the right side, which connects to the gatepiers through a projecting wall. It features a channel-rusticated plinth, and the central bay projects forward, showcasing a stylobate with four half-round steps leading to a Doric distyle in antis semicircular portico. This portico contains a glazed door flanked by sidelights within a moulded architrave. Each of the flanking bays has a recessed panel with a 16-pane sash window set in an architrave on sill blocks. Above, there is a plain frieze and a moulded cornice beneath a balustrade, which has ashlar dies and turned wooden balusters. A corniced stack is present on the right side.
On the left return, the structure mirrors the front bay but features a blind window. An addition at the front-right links the lodge to a rusticated gatepier topped with a teardrop finial, as well as to larger rusticated gatepiers that have bands and panelled blocks. Above these gatepiers are resited sandstone pedestals adorned with carved oak-leaf wreaths, from which rise bear's paws grasping severed human hands. The gatepiers are flanked by wing walls, each containing a blind door recess; the right wing wall has an end pier with a teardrop finial that curves towards the A1 embankment. The old iron gates are in very poor condition. The lodge is similar to another incomplete lodge located at the south end of Boston Road in Wetherby. The wall and gatepiers are included for their group value only, and any additions to the rear of the lodge are not of special interest.
Local climate
South Lodge and Attached Gatepiers receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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.
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