The Gate House

MEREVALE MEREVALE LANE SP29NE (South-east side) 1/128 The Gate House GV II House, probably originally a rectory. 1848-49 by Henry Clutton for William Stratford Dugdale of Merevale Hall. Regular coursed rough-faced sandstone with splay plinth: plain-tile roofs have moulded coped gable parapets with stepped and moulded kneelers. Stone end and ridge stacks have square shafts with continuous cornices. U-plan, with wings to rear. 2 storeys; 3-window range. bauble-chamfered stone mullioned windows with horizontal glazing bar throughout. Main front to garden has slightly-projecting gabled cross-wing on left. Ground floor is treated as a bay window, of 1-3-1 lights to front, and single lights to return sides. Splay string course. Window above of 4 stepped lights, the centre 2 lights having a transom, with hood mould. Second bay has a 4-light window with hood mould and segmental relieving arch; 3-light window above. 2-storey canted bay on right, of 1-2-1 lights, has steep pyramidal roof with finial. Ground floor windows have transoms throughout. Right return side has external stack to first floor. Lower wing to right is set back. Gabled porch in angle projects a little beyond the left range. 9-panelled Tudor-arched door in stop. Chamfered surround with hood mould. 2-light staircase window to right has central transom and glazing bars. 3-light window has hood mould and relieving arch; dormer above has 2-light window. One-storey range beyond has 3-light and one-light windows, and a large external stack with splay and 2 shafts. Interior not insnected. (Buildings of England: Warwickshire: p353; Mark Girouard: The Victorian Country House, p67)

Listing NGR: SP2900797699