South Lodge

MADRESFIELD CP - SO 84 NW 6/75 South Lodge - II Lodge to Madresfield Court (qv). Mid- to late C19. Possibly by P C Hardwick. Brick with applied decorative timber-framing and tile roof. One storey. South wall has projecting central gabled wing with a 4-light timber window with transom. Above is a fish-bone king-post truss which projects forwards and has a cove below the tie-beam. Shaped bargeboards. The main walls have close- studding with a central band of cusped cross-bracing forming quatrefoils. The roof has pierced ridge tiles and clay finials to each gable. Chimney on ridge near junction with wing has four octagonal brick shafts. The left-hand gable wall has a mullioned and transomed oriel window on brackets. At the right-hand end of the building is an open porch under the main roof, with cross- bracing below a rail which supports barley sugar balusters which return on the front and rear walls. The central entrance has an arched head with carved spandrels and keystones. Within the porch is a 3-light window with transom and a panelled door with moulded surround and strap hinges.

Listing NGR: SO8052547020