North Lodge And Adjoining Gate And Gate Piers And Railings The Lodge, And Adjoining Gate And Gate Piers And Railings

North Lodge and adjoining gate, gate piers, and railings are a pair of entrance lodges built in the late 18th century or early 19th century, possibly by Robert Mylne. They were enlarged with an additional top storey around 1878, likely by Stevens of Birmingham. The lodges are constructed of grey sandstone ashlar, with some parts altered to resemble ashlar using render. They feature a pyramidal slate roof that extends with a hip at the rear and have a square plan with additions at the back.

Each lodge has a plinth, a moulded stone eaves cornice, and a stone lateral stack at the rear with a chamfered offset and moulded cornice. The first floor has two 3-pane sash windows with painted stone cills, while the ground floor has a central 6-panelled door (with the lower two panels flush) framed by a moulded architrave and a Tuscan stone porch that includes a frieze, cornice, and blocking course. The road-facing elevations feature glazing bar sashes set within large round-arched recesses.

Between the lodges are late 19th-century cast-iron gates, likely by Stevens, arranged in a rhythm of 1:1:2:2:2:1:1. The gates are complemented by spearhead railings and dog bars, with the top bar ramped up to the central gates. The cast-iron piers are panelled, raised and fielded at the central gate piers, and have moulded plinths, cornices, and urn finials. The large central gates are adorned with scrolled dog bars, patterned lock bars, and ramped top bars, while smaller flanking pedestrian gates also feature scrolled dog bars, patterned lock bars, and arched top bars.

The lodges serve as flanking structures for the main entrance to the park surrounding Berwick House. Robert Mylne is known to have worked on Berwick House in 1780 for Thomas Jelf Powys, suggesting the lodges may be his design. Stevens made alterations and additions to Berwick House in 1878 and likely oversaw the modifications to the lodges and the gates.