The Middle Lodge is a Grade II* listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1967. Lodge.

The Middle Lodge

WRENN ID
riven-steeple-finch
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 January 1967
Type
Lodge
Address
The Middle Lodge, Ticknall
OS grid reference
SK 357 231
Coordinates
52.80487, -1.47145
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Middle Lodge is a lodge built around 1805 by William Wilkins Senior, designed in the Neo-Classical style. It is constructed of ashlar and rendered brick, topped with a hipped Welsh slate roof that features a rendered ridge stack. The building is a single storey with a plain plinth, a cornice adorned with mutules, and a Doric frieze below. It has a square plan with a lower range to the east, which is likely an addition.

Facing the drive, there is a blocked doorway that includes a small glazing bar sash set within a blind round arched panel. The rendered range beyond has mostly 2-light casements. The wall extends to the west, featuring a broad semi-circular arch over the drive that springs almost from the ground. The Doric frieze and cornice continue above this arch. The entrance is marked by wrought iron stick rail gates, with the central pair featuring curved braces, and outer pedestrian gates flanked by openwork piers that display a motif of circles. The lodge was built as an entrance to Calke Abbey for Sir Henry Harpur.

Local climate

The Middle Lodge receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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