St Josephs Lodge And Gateway

HERTFORD

TL3011NE ST MARY'S LANE, Hertingfordbury 817-1/24/336 (East side) No.21 St Joseph's Lodge and gateway

GV II

Lodge and gateway. Early C20 extended 1980s. Red brick, stretcher bond, old tiled roofs with Dutch gables with stone copings. Brick chimneystack with 4 low octagonal shafted moulded brick flues. Jacobean style. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Front elevation has first floor 3-light window with moulded brick mullions, iron casements with lattice leaded glazing, splayed brick sill, and moulded brick dripmould. Dutch gable with stone kneelers, moulded copings and ball finial on pedestal, moulded band at first-floor level. Ground floor with projecting semicircular bay, with 5 lattice glazed lights, corbelled cornice and parapet with brick balusters and inner moulded lozenges. North flank elevation with projecting Dutch gable, lean-to porch, south elevation with Dutch-gabled dormer, and 3- and 2-light windows. Building extended eastwards by 1 bay in 1980s, with original Dutch gable reset. Gateway has substantial red brick, Flemish bond piers, with stone caps and ball finials, and elaborate scrollwork wrought-iron gates. INTERIOR: not inspected. Building forms an important part of the setting of St Mary's Church (qv) and Churchyard.

Listing NGR: TL3080911893