19 And 20, Batchworth Heath

TQ 09 SE RICKMANSWORTH BATCHWORTH HEATH (North side) 9/118 26.7.51 Nos. 19, and 20 (formerly listed as Entrance gate and lodges to Moor Park)

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Entrance arch and 2 lodges to Moor Park, Rickmansworth (q.v.), now 2 dwellings. c.1763-5 probably by R. Adam for Sir L. Dundas, extended later C19. Portland stone and rendered brick. Slate roofs. Neo-Classical Style. Monumental arch with engaged Roman Doric order. Archivolt with lion mask key with vermiculated soffit, paterae in spandrels. Reeded impost bands continue as cornice to half-height link walls to lodges. Architraved openings in links. 1 storey square lodges. Plinths. Reeded bands to cornices with blocking courses. Pyramidal roofs. 9 pane sashes to front and to rear. Architraved entrances in inner returns with cornices. Side and rear walls rendered. Park elevation of arch is as front but columns are fluted, carved wheatsheaf on key. Extensions on both lodges, 1 storey with basement to rear right, rendered with 9 and 12 pane sashes. Attached to rear of right lodge is a low stone wall with capped piers. (Pevsner 1977).

Listing NGR: TQ0787892520