Thurton Lodge On North West Side Of Drive To Langley Park

THURTON NORWICH ROAD TM 39 NW 5/61 Thurton Lodge on 5.9.60 NW side of drive to Langley Park GV II*

Gate lodge c1785 by Sir John Soane. Gault brick with Portland and York stone dressings. Slate roof with pedimented gables. One storey, square on plan. Gable walls to north and south have a pair of recessed Tuscan columns supporting a metope frieze and gable pediment. Central window opening between columns containing semi-ciruclar headed sash with glazing bars under a rubbed brick arch. Cornice overhang with guttae continues along east and west walls. In the east wall facing the driveway, a semi- circular headed doorway with a rubbed arch of two orders; spandrel with beaded panels and two incised quatrefoils, door with four flush panels. Blind semi-circular headed recess centrally placed in west wall. Central chimney stack on ridge line with dogtooth ornament to cap. Fireplace on west wall with C19 iron range in altered opening. Railings screen at south east corner on low brick plinth; diagonally-set square section wrought iron railings with necked and tapered finials. Square cage gate piers incorporating elongated cast iron medallions and capped with a pair of cast roundels on scrolled bases. Two swept stay-bars on north side of pier. (Gates removed for repair at time of survey).

Listing NGR: TM3437099896