Laburnam Lodge

TL 1724 8/90

PRESTON THE GREEN (South side) Laburnam Lodge

GV II

House. C17 or earlier, E crosswing c.1700, higher W part C19. Timber frame roughcast. Crosswing in plum brick irregular Flemish-bond with many blue headers and red/blue segmental arches. Steep old red tile roofs. A T-shaped house of 16 storeys facing N. Lobby entrance beside chimney at junction with E crosswing now altered to window and entrance into W extension. Later internal W gable chimney before W extension which itself has an internal W gable chimney. Irregular N front with 2 windows to centre and a third narrower window in blocked doorway on left. Small-panes casement windows throughout. 2 gabled dormer windows at eaves, the left hand one projecting a little over top of what appears to have been a projecting bay window. Large T-plan chimney in narrow brick with bold corbelled cap. Brick E wing has steep front gable with moulded gable parapet on corbelled kneelers, plat band, and low plinth. Moulded cavetto band over 2-lights 1st floor casement with deep segmental arch. Similar window to ground floor with similar arch over door on left with plank door and heavy frame. W extension higher but still 1½ storeys with flat topped 3-lights dormer at eaves. 3-lights casement below, and plank door to left under gabled tiled hood on curved brackets. E side of crosswing has plat-band stepping up over segmental arch of window to rear part, blocked doorway, and blocked window to front part. Large internal S gable chimney to E wing.

Listing NGR: TL1799224701