The Gate House Lodge And Attached Walls And Coach House

The Gate House Lodge and attached walls and coach house were built between 1848 and 1849 by Henry Clutton for William Stratford Dugdale of Merevale Hall. They are constructed of sandstone ashlar, with a plain-tile roof featuring moulded coped gable parapets, moulded gablet kneelers, and stone internal stacks. The buildings are in a Gothic Revival style, characterised by trefoiled lancet windows throughout.

The lodge is a T-shaped building of one storey and an attic, with three wide bays. The central range has a wide gable and buttresses flush with the front. A large archway forms the main entrance, comprised of an outer moulded order and an inner broad-chamfered order, featuring a hood mould and decorative head stops. Above the arch are two lancet windows, and above them a large pointed quatrefoil incorporating a shield of arms. The gable features a large finial depicting a seated knight holding a shield. The interior of the archway is vaulted, with an inner wall. Studded plank doors with elaborate strap hinges are set within simply moulded segmental pointed pedestrian and carriage arches. An octagonal stair turret is located in the re-entrant angle to the left, featuring a splay string course, slit windows, a stone roof with weatherings and a finial. The bay to the right of the main arch is blank, while the internal stack to the right has octagonal stacks with moulded cornices. The return side to the left has paired lancets on the ground floor and three above. The return side to the right has two lancets, and an attic window with three trefoils under a relieving arch. The front of the lodge facing the church is similar, but the central section does not project. Buttresses flank the arch and define the angles. Carved beasts are located below the gable, and the archway has a moulded quadripartite vault with moulded corbels. Chamfered, trefoiled arched, studded doors are located to the left and right.

Attached walls are mainly of sandstone ashlar with stone coping. The roadside walls step down the hill to the left, with the left half constructed of coarser stonework, and rise up to the right. A coach house is attached to the south-east side of the wall on the left, featuring a coped gable parapet and plain-tile roof, with double doors. A wall at right angles to the right steps down in stages between the gatehouse and the west front of the church. A chamfered doorway to the churchyard has a shouldered head and a studded door.