Number 1, The House That Jack Built Or Gore Lodge With Attached Stables And Cottage

This is a house, formerly a farmhouse, with attached stables and a cottage, located on School Lane in Lubenham. The main building dates back to the 18th century and was later converted into a hunting box in 1875 by R.W. Edis, in a Free style. Some alterations were made in the 20th century. The house is constructed of brick with plain tile roofs, and features two ridge stacks and a gable stack.

The east front has six irregular bays. A gabled porch with bargeboards, a finial, and an openwork screen incorporating a plank gate shelters the off-centre doorway, which has a part-glazed plank door. To the left of the doorway are two two-light casement windows. To the right is a similar window, followed by a gabled projecting bay with a three-light casement, all with cambered arches. Above the doorway are two two-light casements with cambered arches, followed by a partially obscured date of 17?? revealed in burnt headers, then a single-light casement with a cambered arch. A blocked window with a cambered arch sits to the lower left of this. A further three-light casement is to the right of the porch, in a half-timbered projecting bay. The attic storey has two timbered dormers with bargeboarded gables and a three-light casement within each.

A single-storey block with a two-light casement with a cambered arch, and a 20th-century double garage, adjoins the house to the north. A brick wall approximately 2.5 metres high, with a set of double gates, links this to the cottage at the rear of the house.

At the rear of the house are two stable ranges, running west and then returning north to join the cottage. Both ranges are of brick construction with Welsh slate roofs and have been slightly altered. The west range is two storeys high and has nine bays, which include a former carriage entrance with a cambered arch, partially blocked and containing 20th-century double garage doors. A through passage is followed by seven bays of alternating stable doors and two-light sliding sashes, all with cambered arches. Above is a hayloft, with an off-centre plank door, to the left of which are three two-light sliding sashes, and to the right are two similar windows. The north range is a single storey and has twelve bays of regularly placed stable doors and two-light sliding sashes, all with cambered arches.

The cottage is of brick and tile construction with a plain tile roof and a gable stack. The north front is two storeys high and has three bays, featuring a central doorway with a cambered arch and plank door. To the left is a single-light casement, and, to the right, a three-light casement. A two-light casement is situated to the right. All have cambered arches. The first storey is hung with ornamental tiles, and a central single-light casement is situated above the doorway, with a gabled dormer containing a two-light casement to the left and a two-light casement to the right. A Victorian dog kennel, constructed of brick with a wrought iron caged area, stands against the north wall of the churchyard.