Gate Lodge Number 2, Childwick Bury Stud

Gate Lodge Number 2 at Childwick Bury Stud is one of a pair of matching lodges that flank the entrance gates from Harpenden Road. It was built around 1888, possibly designed by Colonel R.W. Edis, a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, for Sir John Blundell Maple, Member of Parliament and founder of the stud. The lodge is constructed of brick with dressed stone and timber details, featuring timber-framed gables with roughcast panels. It has plain tile roofs with wide eaves and projecting verges adorned with bargeboards, and a central brick cruciform ridge stack topped with ceramic pots.

The design aims for a picturesque effect, with a plan that includes a block parallel to the entrance drive and an end-gabled section extended by a half-hipped lean-to against the east gable facing the road. The entrance front features a lower wing with a central cross gable flanked by catslides, and recessed entrance porches on either side, each with a flanking screen wall. The exterior is single-storey with a brick offset plinth. Each recessed entrance porch has screen walls of brick to half height, with timber posts above supporting the roof. Over each porch entry is a shallow, segmental arched timber brace.

In the center of the wing facing the drive is a canted oriel window, a timber casement with four lights and glazing bars, supported by shaped timber brackets. Above the oriel is timber-framed infill within the apex of the cross gable verges, which are also supported by shaped timber brackets. The west end wall features a four-light stone-framed and mullioned casement window with glazing bars, while the east gable-end wall has a three-light casement, and the rear cross wing has a four-light casement. The interior has not been inspected.