Lodges And Gates To Alscot Park With Flanking Ashlar Walls

PRESTON ON STOUR

SP25SW SHIPSTON ROAD (A 3400), Alscot Park 1912-1/2/149 (West side) 05/04/67 Lodges and gates to Alscot Park with flanking ashlar walls (Formerly Listed as: PRESTON ON STOUR Lodges at Alscot Park)

GV II

Pair of lodges flanking gates and gate piers with ashlar wall to each side, stretching a total of 33.5m. c1750 by Phillips and Shakespear for James West; gates of c1856 by George Clark. Stucco with limestone ashlar dressings and pyramidal slate roofs; cast-iron gates and limestone ashlar walls. Rococo Gothic Style EXTERIOR: small square lodges have canted angles and small projections to outer sides; paired central gates with octagonal piers with flanking single gates; flanking walls curve outwards to octagonal end piers. Each lodge has impost band and top cornice with crenellated parapet; front, inner side and rear have pointed recesses; outer side has small projection with pointed recess. Front has ogee-headed window with grille and 3/6 sash with intersecting top glazing bars, tiny cusped ogee outer windows; inner side has entrance with 6-panelled door, 4 of the panels fielded, remainder flush-panelled. Rear has ogee-headed window as to front. Angles have quatrefoil recesses. Tall round stacks with some enrichment. Lodge to right has later lean-to outshut to outer side. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: enriched gates have armorial bearings and crests, gate piers have caps, that to right retaining lantern. Walls have plain coping and each has 2 square piers and an octagonal end pier, all with caps. (Victoria County Histories: Victoria History of the County of Gloucestershire: 1968-: 81-89; Occasional Papers: Tyack G: The Country Houses of Warwickshire 1800-1939: 1989-: 13).

Listing NGR: SP2118850677