Widford Lodge To Blakesware Next To Railway Bridge

TL 41 NW WIDFORD WARE ROAD (north side) 1/1 Widford Lodge to Blakesware - next railway bridge

GV II

Lodge. For the Gosselin family, '1886' on date stone on N end. Probably by George Devey. Red brick with red tiled half-hipped roof. A small rectangular 2 storey lodge to Blakesware, set into a slope appearing as 1 storey on E. Symmetrical E front to drive with 2 aggressive parapeted rectangular brick bays flanking a gabled timber porch rising far above the eaves. Plank door under a red rubbed brick arch with a projecting moulded bracket as the key stone supporting a shelf before a large blue on white ceramic plaque of St Raphael set in a niche in brickwork carried above the eaves. Open timber porch with turned stumpy balasters and moulded rail to lower part, shouldered brackets to a moulded wallplate returned across the front to support an arch-braced collar truss with ashlar pieces. 2 close-set tall central chimneys. 2-light casement windows. Bedrooms in lower floor on W. An interesting C19 lodge house with unusual features of planning and decoration. Part of a group with the ornamental bridge to N at this entrance to the park of Blakesware.

Listing NGR: TL4062415856