Shrewsbury Lodge

BOMERE HEATH C.P. - SJ 41 NW SJ 4417 1929 5/46 Shrewsbury Lodge - GV II

Gate lodge to Yeaton Peverey. Circa 1892, by Aston Webb. Snecked red sandstone ashlar, with partly timber framed first floor (closely-spaced imposts with rail). Slate roofs. Irregular L-plan. In a Domestic Revival style. 2 storeys. South-east front: moulded wooden cornice to timber framed first floor to left, and jettied gable and to left with shallow ogee-moulded cambered tie-beams and moulded brackets, moulded barge boards with finial; parapeted gable end to right with stone coping. Stone ridge stack off-centre to left and integral stone end stack to right, both with moulded cornice. Central first-floor 2-light wooden casement and ground-floor leaded 2-light chamfered mullioned stone window to left with dripstone, carried around corner to left. Full-height canted stone bay to right with string course, moulded cornice, and battlemented parapet with shaped merlons and moulded coping; 1-:2-:1-light chamfered mullioned stone windows with dripstones. Central boarded door with strap hinges, chamfered reveals, and moulded elliptical arch with returned hoodmould. Left-hand gable end with first-floor 3-light wooden mullioned and transomed casement and ground-floor 2-light chamfered mullioned stone window to right with dripstone. Right-hand return front with string course and cornice carried round from bay; ground-floor chamfered one-light window to left. Rear wing with double-chamfered plinth, string course, moulded cornice, and parapet with moulded coping, ramped up to corners and with globe finial at apex of gable. Gable end with first-floor 2-light chamfered mullioned window and ground-floor one-light chamfered window. Ground-floor 2-light chamfered mullioned window to side. Interior not inspected. This is one of a pair of lodges to Yeaton Peverey (q.v.), also by Aston Webb. The drive from Shrewsbury Lodge and the associated gateway (q.v.) is now disused (January 1987). Also known as North Lodge, Yeaton Lodge and The Lodge.

Listing NGR: SJ4418219293