Hookmoor Lodges

PARLINGTON MAIN STREET SE43NW LS25 (west side)Aberford 2/74 Hookmoor Lodges (formerly listed as 29.1.85 North and South Lodges and gateposts under Aberford C.P.)

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Pair of lodges with attached screen wall and central gatepiers,to (demolished) Parlington Hall. Said to be c.1780, attributed to John Carr of York. Limestone ashlar with some remains of scored stucco, slate roofs. Gatepiers of quatrefoil section, c.2 metres high, of 6 courses, 2 of which form prominent bands, with a moulded cornice to flat coping, the left pier bearing a ball finial; these piers are linked by a short section to convex quadrants in the screen walls, the outer ends of which are ramped up to the front inner corners of the lodges; and ramped down from the outer corners of the lodges are further short sections of ashlar screen walling, that at the north end making another convex quadrant. The lodges are each 2 low storeys, gable to road, with pedimented modillioned gable containing a lunette, and beneath the pediment a full-height recesed arch with emphatic Gibbs surround, containing a 12-pane sashed window. Rear gables are similar but have chimney stacks, and the arches are blind. Facades to drive each have an arched doorway with similar Gibbs surround, and one 4- pane sash on each floor to the rear of the door. North lodge has a parallel 2-storey addition of rubble on its north side.

Listing NGR: SE4327735614