Lodge To Woolley Hall Including Walling, Piers, Gate Piers And Gates

SE31SW WOOLLEY BARNSLEY ROAD (west side)

4/110 Lodge to Woolley Hall 27.5.76 including walling, piers, gate piers and gates

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Gates, gate piers and flanking curtain walls with lodge (ruinous) to rear. c1820 by Jeffry Wyatt for Godfrey Wentworth Wentworth of Woolley Hall (q.v.). Ashlar and cast-iron. Tall gate piers with Doric corner pilasters, frieze, cornice and blocking course. Lower flanking ornamental round-arched pedestrian gateways to which are attached curved quadrant walls with panelled ashlar piers with shaped tops (only those to right survive). Ornamental cast-iron carriage and pedestrian gates. Small lodge behind southern quadrant has main surviving feature of doorway with architrave, apron and enrichment with 3 panels with a raised shield to centre. Flanking ashlar piers have recessed panels.

Interior of lodge: 4 rooms aligned to the curve of the outer wall have some standing walls and remains of 2 fireplaces. Linking passage has remains of brick barrel vault. The original drawing is illustrated in G. Markham, Woolley Hall, The Historical Development of a Country House (1979) p47.

Listing NGR: SE3352913325