Northend Lodge

Northend Lodge is a mid-19th century lodge built to serve Audley End House. It is constructed of red brick in English bond with black pointing, and has a low-pitched slate roof. The building is arranged in a “T” plan with splayed exterior corners facing west. It is two storeys high and features a pierced parapet made of moulded brick, with two moulded string courses below the parapet and first floor. Four groups of tall, clustered “Tudor” chimneys are located behind the parapets, also in moulded brick. Windows have double chamfered brick reveals, shallow voussoired segment heads, and splayed composition sills. Most windows contain tall, narrow wooden casements with 1x4 panes of glazing.

The west-facing front elevation, which forms the bar of the “T”, has a five-window range with a projecting porch rising above the parapet; this porch has curvilinear gables enclosing slated spirelets. The central wooden-framed porch doorway has side lights and overlights in a house style, and the door itself has two upper glazed panels and a lower flush bead-moulded boarded panel. A double-casement window with 2x4 panes is situated above the porch on the first floor. To either side of the porch are two windows on each level. The splayed outer faces have a single window on both floors. The rear, east-facing elevation (the stem of the “T”) is irregular, with splayed corners featuring windows and a parapet similar to the rest of the building, plus outer windows. The ground floor centre of the rear elevation has a window to the north and a doorway to the south. The door has two upper glazed panels and three lower flush bead-decorated panels. A central, blind window aperture is located on the first floor; a pair of chimney shafts are positioned behind the parapet to the north of the centre.

The south side has two units, with the western unit projecting forward and featuring a four-window range and windowed corner splays. The unit to the east has a three-window range with a similar windowed eastern end splay. A central blind window is on the first floor. The north side is generally similar to the south side, but the western unit is somewhat irregular, featuring three ground-floor windows, one blind aperture, and a door similar to the one on the rear east elevation. The first floor has a four-window range, with the central pair out of phase with those below. Corner splays have windows in the house style. The interior has been extensively reworked.