Kitt'S End Lodge

TQ 29 NW POTTERS BAR KITTS END ROAD (East side) Barnet

8/218 Kitt's End Lodge -

• II

House, built as lodge to Home Farm (not listed) at Wrotham Park (q.v.). 1860 on datestone. Built for G. Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford, by Henry Clutton. Polychrome brick with stone dressings. Machine tiled roof. Main block of 2 storeys has gable end to road. Entrance porch is attached to left return corner and projects forward. Porch: 2 bays, 6 stone piers on a brick plinth. Square bases and capitals to piers, chamfered to diagonal shafts. Hipped roof. Later enclosing glazing. Gabled front: ground floor 4 light cross window with a stopped hood mould which merges with a prominent string course. Plinth. 2 light first floor window in chamfered stone surround with upper string course diverted to form a frame. Stone coped gable with stone kneelers and patterned burnt headers. String courses returned. Close eaves and similar windows on returns. Gable on right return. Left return has large external stack with chamfered corners on ground floor and datestone with intertwined S's below a stone course. Stack rises to 3 circular shafts with common stone capping. Rear gable detailing similar to front. C20 extension to right not of special interest. Interior not inspected. Attached to porch to left is a low brick wall with chamfered stone coping and railings. Gates missing but wall continues across entrance drive and steps up to left.

Listing NGR: TQ2466298255