The Lodge

The Lodge is a house dating from circa 1870, designed by J.B. Everard of Leicester. It was originally the residence of the Water Works Superintendent. The building is constructed of granite rubble stone with dressed stone detailing, featuring a plinth of both materials. It has stone-coped, shouldered gables with kneelers and finials, and a slate roof with projecting stacks. One stack has three joined octagonal ashlar flues. The house is two storeys high and built in the Tudor style, with quoins and stone mullion windows, each light having a Tudor arched head and hood moulds, some with transoms. A gable to the right has a three-light window above a two-light window. There is a single-light window on the left return, before the projecting stack. A 20th-century glazed porch with a slate roof stands in an angle, alongside a single-light window and a window above it in a connected range. The right side of the original front gable features a central gabled porch set against a projecting gable to the right. The porch has a Gothic arch with a hood mould and label stops. A single-light window is located on each side of the porch and in the left side of the house gable. Within the gable, there’s a rectangular bay with a stone roof and a two-light window above. On the left side of the building, there are single-light windows on both floors, and a stone-coped walled yard is present. A ground-floor single-light window is situated on either side of the projecting stack on the rear elevation. The Lodge was originally part of the Cropston Reservoir Water Works complex and is set within a parklike setting with mature trees and shrubs.