Russett'S Lodge

Russett's Lodge is a late 18th century adaptation by Chambers of a small late 17th century building. The lodge has a frontage of barely 20 feet and features a classical design with a regular pedimented facade. It contains a plain six-panel door flanked by severe stone pilasters that support a massive entablature. There is a narrow window on either side of the door, a larger window on either side of the building, and a small semi-circular window in the pediment.

The entire lodge is constructed in header courses, using red brick on the sides and mainly blue and other dark 'seconds' bricks on the front. The pediment is infilled with smooth-faced blue-glazed irregularly-shaped lumps of clay, imitating flint-work. Heavy stone dressings include steps and a plinth below, a narrow band at the base of the windows, long-and-short quoins and window edges, and a stone modillioned cornice.

The classical lodge is directly attached to a similarly shaped 17th century building made of red brick in English bond, which features pronounced coved eaves at a slightly lower level than Chambers' classical cornice. The roof is red tiled throughout. Originally, this must have been a 17th century double cottage, as indicated by the brick flat arch over a side door in the unaltered section, which continues over a bricked-up space for a second door. Additionally, the pitch of the 17th century roof is too steep for the correct angle of the classical pediment, which intentionally departs from the angle of the older tiled roof behind it.