South Lodge and adjoining Screen at Silsoe Entrance to Wrest Park is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1985. Lodge.
South Lodge and adjoining Screen at Silsoe Entrance to Wrest Park
- WRENN ID
- watchful-spindle-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1985
- Type
- Lodge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
South Lodge and the adjoining screen at the Silsoe Entrance to Wrest Park is a 19th-century building constructed from rendered brick and topped with a slated mansard roof. It features a small square plan with one storey and attics above a basement, designed alongside the North Lodge to mark the main entrance to Wrest Park. A modern flat-roofed addition, which is not of special interest, extends from the south elevation.
The exterior of the lodge showcases rusticated quoins, a moulded eaves cornice, and a low rendered brick chimney located at the center of the roof. The east elevation has a slightly projecting central bay, while both the west and east elevations feature a central casement window with glazing bars, a wrought iron balconette, and a decorative keystone above the segmental-headed opening. The south elevation includes a pair of part-glazed double doors, adorned with a coat of arms on the keystone of the arched opening. Each elevation of the attic storey has a segmental-headed dormer window, with the south elevation featuring one topped with a triangular pediment. The modern single bay extension on the south elevation is rendered and includes a set-back doorway with glazed double doors, accompanied by a multi-pane two-light casement window to the left.
Inside, the lodge has been modified to connect with the 20th-century extension, but it still retains some features of the original layout, including panelled doors, an original hearth, and a vaulted passage cellar in the basement with an arched recess.
Attached to the north-west corner of the lodge is a wrought iron screen, approximately five metres long and two metres high. This screen rests on a low T-shaped plinth and, while plain in appearance, it terminates at a square openwork pier featuring decorative panels and a finial.
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