Convent Lodge

Convent Lodge is an entrance lodge built around 1765, likely designed by 'Capability' Brown, with early 19th-century alterations and additions. It is constructed of squared and coursed sandstone and features a 20th-century felt roof. The building is in the Gothick style and has a square plan with later additions to the south. It stands two stories tall and includes a plinth, end pilaster strips with recessed Latin crosses, string courses, a coped parapet, and an end stack on the right.

The central area has a large blocked two-storey pointed arch and an inserted ground floor segmental-headed two-light casement window with boarded shutters. The end elevations display two tiers of recessed rectangular panels; the right-hand elevation features an inserted first-floor segmental-headed opening and a ground floor boarded door with a pointed-arched tympanum.

At the rear, there is an early 19th-century lean-to with a stepped parapet, raised St. Andrew's cross patterning, and a carved shield on the east side. This lodge served as the former entrance to Tong Castle. The early 19th-century modifications likely occurred during the time of George Durant the younger, who died in 1844.