Waterford Lodge

TL 31 SW 6/118

STAPLEFORD GOLDINGS LANE (East side) Waterford No. 3 (Waterford Lodge)

GV II

Former lodge to Goldings (listed in Hertford Civil Parish, East Herts District), now a private dwelling. 1871-7 by G. Devey for R.A. Smith. Red brick with brown brick diapering, stone dressings, part roughcast with sham timber framing. Tiled roof. Domestic Revival Style. 1 storey and attic. T shaped ridge. Gable end to road has a chamfered 4 centred arched opening to an open passage to a vertical panelled 4 centred arched door. Left side of passage has a larger 4 centred arched opening, slit window inside passage. To far right a stone mullioned 2 light casement with inner hollow and outer chamfer mouldings. First floor 3 light casement projecting on corbels under a projecting attic with sham framing, tension braces, moulded collar and bargeboards, shaped stone corbels at ends. Set back to left a ground floor 3 light casement, upper sham framing. Left gable end ground floor canted stone mullioned bay window, brackets to sham framing above. 3 lights in attic, bargeboards. Stack on taller lateral ridge. Stack to rear left with 2 diagonal shafts. Right return has a small gable towards front, tripartite stone mullioned window, coved to upper framing. Attached lean-tos towards rear. Interior not inspected. (Pevsner 1977).

Listing NGR: TL3124514607