The Tudor Lodge

SK 0642-0742 FARLEY C.P. FARLEY LANE (North-east side)

13/132 The Tudor Lodge GV II Lodge. c1840. By A.W.N. Pugin. Ashlar with edged herringbone tooling; fishscale tile roof with plain tile bands and coped verges; ashlar ridge stacks. Tudor Gothic style; aligned north-east/south-west facing south- east. 2 storeys; 3 bays, the left hand bay gabled, the right hand bay of one storey with a lower ridge line; flat arch chamfer mullioned windows containing lights with 4-centred heads and panelled spandrels with carved foliage, ground-floor windows have 2 lights, first-floor central window has 3 lights, single-light windows to first floor left flanking a larger panel containing a coat of arms, the whole arrangement beneath a stepped and returned hood mould; 4-centred carriage arch to left with moulded arch and hood mould terminating in animal heads. The Tudor Lodge formed the entrance to Alton Towers (q.v.). B.O.E. p. 55-59.

Listing NGR: SK0709242711