The Old Lodge

TF 61 NE 5/83

MIDDLETON LYNN ROAD The Old Lodge

15.11.77

- II

Former lodge to Middleton Hall (qv). Dated 1837. Finely coursed carstone rubble with gault brick dressings. Fishscale slate roof with gabled ends, the gable ends with elaborate wavey and pierced bargeboards with pendants and finials. 2 axial stacks with pairs of tall octagonal gault brick shafts. Plan: T-shaped on plan with a cross-wing on the right projecting at the front, and as a service wing it projects at the back, where there is a small late C20 extension. The lodge adjoins the stables of Middleton Hall on the right and on the left is the drive entrance. Tudor Gothic style. Exterior: 1 storey. Asymmetrical 2-window south front facing the road with a projecting gabled wing to right and an open porch in the angle with wooden chamfered posts and a lean-to roof against the left side of the wing which has a late C20 door. The windows are in large chamfered gault brick openings, the window frames replaced with late C20 plastic casements. In the gable above the right hand window a stone shield inscribed 'Anno Dom 1837'. Small late C20 single storey brick extension at rear of back wing (north). Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: TF6602616002