Thunderdell Lodge

LITTLE GADDESDEN RINGSHALL SP 91 SE (East side) Ashridge Park

1/209 Thunderdell Lodge 30.11.66 (Formerly listed as Thunderdell Lodge, Ashridge Park)

GV II

Gatelodge to Ashridge, now a private house. Circa 1817 by Jeffry Wyatt for Earl of Bridgewater. Limestone in chequer pattern with coursed squared knapped flints. Yorkstone plinth slabs. Steep slate roofs. A 2-storeys L-shaped building with main range N-S and shorter wing extending to E from S end. Polygonal 2-storeys projection at: S next SW corner with 3 windows on each floor. Projecting parapeted square single- storey porch at S end of W wall with Tudor arched S doorway with battened door and narrow moulded E window. 2 windows and modern matching door on W side, windows on each floor on E gable 2-light over 3-light. Hollow chamfered stone mullioned windows, moulded labels to ground floor, iron casements with lattice leaded glazing. Y-tracery to Tudor arched upper gable windows. Crow stepped gable parapets to N and E with splendid scroll stone finial at E. Large stone chimneys with diagonal square shafts. Chequered stone and knapped flint wall with moulded brick capping extends round garden on E of lodge. (Linstrum(1972)228-9).

Listing NGR: SP9795412539