West Lodge, Gateway, East Lodge to London Entrance Drive to Copt Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1971. Gateway, lodge.

West Lodge, Gateway, East Lodge to London Entrance Drive to Copt Hall

WRENN ID
little-joist-larch
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Epping Forest MP: Dr Neil Hudson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 February 1971
Type
Gateway, lodge
Address
West Lodge, Gateway, East Lodge to London Entrance Drive to Copt Hall, Crown Hill, Waltham Abbey
OS grid reference
TL 430 004
Coordinates
51.68487, 0.068
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

West Lodge, Gateway, and East Lodge are located at the London entrance drive to Copt Hall, dating from 1767. They were built around the same time as the remodelling of Copt Hall, which occurred circa 1775, and was designed by James Wyatt. The lodges are constructed of stock brick and feature a one-storey elevation facing the road, with a sash window set in a tall round arched recess. This arch is adorned with stone archivolts and a stone cornice, topped by a pediment and a slate roof. Circular Coade stone plaques are placed in the spandrels of the arch. Each lodge has short lengths of wall on either side, which include round-headed niches and Adam style Coade stone urns above. The wall tops are ramped up to the sides of the lodges. The two-storey elevations facing the drive also feature sash windows.

The entrance includes double wrought iron carriage gates, with matching piers and pedestrian gates on either side. The gates have ramped top rails with spikes, and the plain piers are topped with matching Adam style urns. West Lodge, Gateway, and East Lodge together form a cohesive group.

Local climate

West Lodge, Gateway, East Lodge to London Entrance Drive to Copt Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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