The Lodge

The Lodge is a cottage that now serves as a gate lodge to Acton Burnell Hall. It dates from the late 17th century, with remodelling from the late 18th century and additions from the mid to late 19th century. The structure is timber framed with rendered infill, along with painted rubble and brick additions, and features a plain tile roof from the 19th and 20th centuries.

The building has an irregular T-plan and consists of two or three framed bays with additional sections. It is one storey high with an attic. On the west front, there is an off-centre brick ridge stack to the left, an integral brick end stack to the right, and another brick ridge stack on the rear wing. The central gable has pierced scalloped barge boards and a 20th-century two-light diamond-leaded casement. To the left, there are two 20th-century flat-topped dormers with three-light casements.

The framing features square panels with three sections from the sole plate to the wall plate and long straight tension braces. There is a late 18th-century two-light diamond-leaded ogee-headed Gothic casement to the left, and two 20th-century two-light diamond-leaded casements to the right, with one of these in a blocked doorway. A 20th-century boarded door is located off-centre to the left. The left-hand gable end has two late 18th-century two-light Gothic casements, the ground floor one modified later, as well as two casements in the rear wing. The timber-framed gables display exposed collar and tie-beam trusses with queen struts, and the rear gable also has V-struts. Although the interior was not inspected, it is noted to have an open fireplace and chamfered beams.