Carr Lodge

Carr Lodge is a mansion, built between 1770 and 1775 for John Bayldon, with a later rear wing. It is constructed of brick with a Welsh slate roof. The main house is symmetrical, with five bays and two storeys, accompanied by a three-storey wing. A raised ashlar plinth supports the facade, which features a central doorway of six fielded panels with a fanlight set within a pedimented Ionic portico, accessed by five stone steps with swept stone sides and square stone terminal piers. The windows are 12-pane sashes, featuring raised sills and flat brick-arched heads. A band separates the floors, while a moulded eaves cornice and blocking course run along the top. The roof is hipped, with brick stacks at the apexes. A debased Venetian stair window is set into the rear elevation's centre. To the left and right returns are a two-bay and a three-bay section respectively. The rear wing, constructed in two phases, projects from the main house's left return and has four bays. The ground floor features unequally-hung 20-pane sashes, with the window in the second bay altered to a tripartite design. The first floor has 16-pane sashes, and the second floor has unequally-hung 12-pane sashes; all windows have flat brick-arched heads. The rear of this wing consists of two bays, with a tall, slender stair window to the left, Venetian windows to the ground floor, lunette windows to the first floor, and small eight-pane sash windows with cambered heads to the second floor. The interior of the building has not been inspected. The house was formerly known as Sunroyd House and, in 1790, was conveyed to John Carr, a lawyer and nephew of the architect John Carr.