Lodges And Gates To Alscot Park With Flanking Ashlar Walls

The lodges and gates to Alscot Park, built around 1750 by Phillips and Shakespear for James West, are flanked by ashlar walls and are designed in a Rococo Gothic style. The pair of small square lodges, which have canted angles and small projections on their outer sides, are made of stucco with limestone ashlar dressings and topped with pyramidal slate roofs. The central gates, added around 1856 by George Clark, feature octagonal piers and flanking single gates. The walls curve outward to octagonal end piers and stretch a total of 33.5 meters.

Each lodge has an impost band and a top cornice with a crenellated parapet. The front, inner side, and rear of the lodges have pointed recesses, while the outer side includes a small projection with a pointed recess. The front features an ogee-headed window with a grille and a 3/6 sash with intersecting top glazing bars, along with tiny cusped ogee outer windows. The inner side has an entrance with a six-panelled door, four of which are fielded and the remainder flush-panelled. The rear has an ogee-headed window similar to the front, and the angles of the lodges have quatrefoil recesses. Each lodge has tall round stacks with some decorative enrichment, although the lodge on the right has a later lean-to outshut on its outer side.

The gates are enriched with armorial bearings and crests, and the gate piers have caps, with the right pier retaining a lantern. The walls feature plain coping and each has two square piers and an octagonal end pier, all topped with caps. The interior has not been inspected.