The Lodge

The Lodge, dating to circa 1860, is a substantial red brick building constructed in Flemish bond, with a Westmoreland slate roof and decorative brick stacks. It was formerly known as Morton Lodge and is built in the Tudor Revival style.

The east front is two storeys high and features irregular window placement. A plinth runs around the entire building. A gabled projection to the north has a single-storey canted bay window with a two-light moulded brick cross casement and single-light transomed casements with quatrefoil heads and cusped transoms, all under a hipped roof. Directly above is a three-light cross casement also under a hoodmould with label stops. A diamond ventilation port is situated in the gable head, and the gable features kneelers and an apex pinnacle. To the south is an arched and moulded brick doorway with a plank door, followed by a full-height polygonal tower with a trefoil-headed single-light casement on each floor. Terracotta quatrefoil panels adorn the tower above the roofline. The tower is capped with a pyramid roof. A stepped three-light casement, with transoms and stepped hoodmould on label stops, is located to the south. A dentil eaves cornice runs along the building. Two pairs of ridge stacks are present, featuring patterned shafts and star tops; the northern stack is longitudinal to the ridge, while the southern is transverse.

The south return mirrors the projecting north gable. The north return is distinguished by stepped diagonal buttresses and a two-light ground-floor and single-light first-floor window, consistent with the earlier detailing. The west return features a projecting gabled wing with a lower three-light transomed window and an upper two-light window. The gable head includes details similar to the south gable. A section of the main wall to the south contains a first-floor two-light casement without transoms. An early 20th-century extension connects a former outbuilding to the main house; this extension is single-storey, flat-roofed, and features an arched moulded doorway to the north and a three-light casement to the south.

The outbuilding is rectangular in plan and features a plinth course. The north return has a single-light transomed casement under a hoodmould on label stops. The gable head includes kneelers, and an internal stack with a polygonal shaft corbelled out from the wall. The south return is similar but with a single 20th-century single-light casement.

The interior includes a nine-panelled entrance door, a closed-string staircase with stick balusters, and a square newel turned above the string. Ten-panel arched doors lead to a north ground-floor room and the tower, and a ten-panel door leads to a south room. The north ground-floor room features a depressed pointed arch towards the east window, while the south room displays a moulded cornice with square studs at intervals and a depressed pointed arch to the south bay window. The first-floor landing has three ten-panel doors.

This house is noted for its careful detailing and represents an effective example of 1860s architecture and a typical domestic style of the time. The interior woodwork is particularly elaborate for a lodge.