Stanstead Lodge

TL 41SW STANSTEAD ABBOTS HARLOW ROAD (A414) (south side)

6/12 Stanstead Lodge II

Farmhouse now a private house. C18. Said to have been Bugges Farm formed out of 2 timberframed cottages c1720 to which Robert Chester retired when the bursting of the South Sea Bubble interrupted his building of Briggens nearby in Hunsdon parish (q.v.), and have been extended in 1926 by Sir Albert Richardson and 1965 by Charles Cunningham. 2-storeys, L-shaped roughcast house with old red tile hipped roof and central chimney to main range facing E. Semi-circular moulded porch on 2 columns protecting central 2-panel door in glazed screen. 5 flushbox sash windows, with 6/6 panes, has triple sash window over door, all renewed. Low plinth and box eaves. Garden front on S of 2- storeys and 5-windows with central half-glazed door and 6/6 flush box sashes. Upper floor windows with 3/6 panes and moulded architraves. Overhanging eaves. 2-light casement windows to rear. C20 outbuildings.

Listing NGR: TL4104111159