Gate Lodge, Childwick Bury Stud

This is a gate lodge, dating to approximately 1888, and one of a pair that flank the entrance gates to Childwick Bury Stud from Harpenden Road. It was likely designed by Colonel R.W.Edis FRIBA for Sir John Blundell Maple M.P., the founder of the stud, and is built in a Domestic Revival style. The lodge is constructed of brick with dressed stone and timber detailing. It features timber-framed gables with roughcast panels, plain tile roofs with wide eaves, and gables with widely projecting verges and barge boards. A central brick stack is cruciform, with a decorative cornice and ceramic chimney pots.

The lodge's design prioritizes a picturesque effect, positioned parallel to the entrance drive. The main block is end-gabled with a half-hipped lean-to against the east gable facing the road. The front features a lower wing with a central cross-gable flanked by small projections (catslides). Recessed entrance porches are on either side of this wing, with brick screen walls to half-height and timber posts supporting the roof above the entrances, where segmental arched timber bracing is visible. A four-light oriel casement window, with glazing bars and supported on shaped timber brackets, is centrally positioned on the front wing, with a timber-framed infill above within the cross-gable. Further casement windows, some stone framed and mullioned with glazing bars, are located in the west end wall (four-light), the east gable-end wall (three-light), and the rear cross-wing gable-end wall (four-light). The interior has not been inspected.