Weald Lodge

TL 515 073 MAGDALEN LAVER 5/32 Weald Lodge 22.7.81 II*

House, C18, altered in early C19 and C20. Brick and timber framing, plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. Double pile near-square plan, with main elevation to S (now the garden elevation), central entrance/staircase hall, 2 internal chimney stacks symmetrically arranged in E-W cross-wall. 2 storeys and attics. Single storey extension to W, early C19, with slate roof and central chimney stack, now terminating below roof. Conservatory to W. All roofs hipped. S elevation; glazed door with marginal lights and shallow pedimented hood on scrolled brackets, early c19, 3 french windows with marginal lights, early C19, 2 C20 casement windows. First floor, 3 double-hung sash windows of 16 lights, C18. N elevation under alteration when inspected, May 1983, with 2 hipped dormers. Staircase with rosewood handrail and 2 slender turned balusters to each tread, scrolled tread ends, some associated panelling. In S elevation, 3 french windows complete with folding internal shutters. The S elevation was a symmetrical composition before the alterations of the early C19, which affected the ground floor only. The vehicle approach is now at the N, formerly the farmyard.

Listing NGR: TL5154807284