Lodge at South Entrance of Town Thorns Including Walls and Pier Immediately South is a Grade II listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 May 1993. Lodge.

Lodge at South Entrance of Town Thorns Including Walls and Pier Immediately South

WRENN ID
third-parapet-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rugby
Constituency
Rugby MP: John Slinger (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 May 1993
Type
Lodge
Address
Lodge at South Entrance of Town Thorns Including Walls and Pier Immediately South, Easenhall
OS grid reference
SP 447 793
Coordinates
52.40992, -1.34336
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lodge at the south entrance of Town Thorns, including the walls and pier immediately south, was built in 1873 by Alfred Waterhouse for Washington Jackson. It is a single-storey structure designed in the Italianate style, constructed from red brick with stone dressings. The hipped slate roof features paired brackets at the deep eaves and lead rolls along the hips and ridge. The building has brick axial stacks adorned with moulded stone strings and cornices.

The lodge has a cruciform plan with a porch situated in the angle. The east front has three bays, with a central projecting wing that includes a bowed front and a two-light round-headed window supported by twisted colonnettes. There is a similar window on the right, a single-light window on the left, and a stone porch with a classical arch on panelled piers and a moulded cornice. Similar windows are found on the other elevations. The exterior is enhanced by rusticated stone quoins, a plinth, and a string course below the eaves.

The garden area wall and gate pier on the south side facing the road consists of a low red brick wall with moulded stone coping that ramps up to the gateway and terminal piers. The drive entrance pier on the right is significantly larger and made of stone, featuring panelled sides, a dentiled cornice, and a moulded cap. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Lodge at South Entrance of Town Thorns Including Walls and Pier Immediately South receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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