South Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1988. Lodge.

South Lodge

WRENN ID
half-rampart-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Malvern Hills
Constituency
West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1988
Type
Lodge
Address
South Lodge, Madresfield
OS grid reference
SO 805 470
Coordinates
52.12116, -2.28585
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

South Lodge is a lodge to Madresfield Court, dating from the mid- to late 19th century and possibly designed by P C Hardwick. The building is constructed of brick with decorative timber-framing and features a tiled roof. It is a single-storey structure. The south wall has a central gabled wing that projects, featuring a four-light timber window with a transom. Above this window is a fish-bone king-post truss that extends forward, with a cove beneath the tie-beam and shaped bargeboards. The main walls display close-studding with a central band of cusped cross-bracing that forms quatrefoils. The roof is adorned with pierced ridge tiles and clay finials at each gable. A chimney with four octagonal brick shafts is located on the ridge near the junction with the wing.

On the left-hand gable wall, there is a mullioned and transomed oriel window supported by brackets. The right-hand end of the building features an open porch under the main roof, with cross-bracing beneath a rail that supports barley sugar balusters returning on the front and rear walls. The central entrance has an arched head with carved spandrels and keystones. Inside the porch, there is a three-light window with a transom and a panelled door with a moulded surround and strap hinges.

Local climate

South Lodge receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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