Pair of lodges flanking the entrance to Glass Court Drive, tunnel entrance and wall

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SK 5674 and SK 5774 12/181

WELBECK GLASS COURT DRIVE Pair of lodges flanking the entrance to Glass Court Drive, tunnel entrance and wall

GV. II* Pair of lodges, tunnel entrance and wall. Mid C18 and mid C19. Ashlar. Each lodge is C18, probably by J. James, and has an embattled parapet with moulded band under hiding the roof. Single central stack. Set on a plinth.

Rectangular plan. Single storey, single bay. With single projecting bay to each side. Doorway with double wooden door and arched overlight with single central cusp, with raised band around all rising to an ogee arch with finial. The rear face has a single similarly arched glazing bar sash in similar surround. Flanking the road side bay are single quatrefoil fixed lights.

To the rear of the left/west lodge is a rusticated and coped C19 wall terminating in the C19 tunnel entrance. Set on a plinth with panelled parapet and impost bands. Central single large carriage archway in rusticated surround with shaped voussoirs and keystone and double wooden door. A moulded band runs over. Flanked by single pilasters topped with single urns. Running from the right is a single rusticated and coped wall. Set on a plinth and terminating in a single coped pilaster surmounted by an orb.

Listing NGR: SK5627174351