West Lodge is a Grade II* listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1983. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
West Lodge
- WRENN ID
- iron-bastion-candle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- West Lodge, Lodge Road, Easton
- OS grid reference
- TG 140 117
- Coordinates
- 52.66084, 1.16434
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Lodge is a former farmhouse dating from around 1600, with later additions. The date 1743 is noted on the facade hoppers. The building is constructed of brick and features pantiled and slate roofs. It has an L-plan layout, with a lobby entrance and a central axial stack in the main wing, as well as a gable end stack on the subsidiary wing. The main facade, which dates from 1743 and the early 19th century, is two storeys tall with attics and a cellar beneath the northern half. Originally arranged with five bays in 1743, it was later modified to three bays with the insertion of large arched tripartite sash windows in the 19th century. The entrance features a two-leaf front door with a rusticated skewback arch and a flat hood supported by carved consoles. There is one surviving central window opening from 1743 with a raised brick surround, along with two dormer windows that have moulded pediments and casements with leaded lights. The other elevations display varied 19th and 20th-century fenestration, but retain some 17th-century moulded brick pediments.
A single-storey 19th-century extension has a saw tooth cornice that was heightened later in the century. Inside, there is an original fireplace in the subsidiary wing with chamfered stone jambs and a wooden lintel. The principal beams feature elaborate barred and double jewelled stops, with one surviving beam on the first floor of the main wing displaying ogee stops. The original roofs include butt-purlins, collars, and ties, and there is an original cellar entrance at the rear of the main wing. A late 17th-century two-ramp staircase features tapered and carved balusters, along with a contemporary panelled cellar door. The main wing was refurbished in 1743, which included a barrel-vaulted tunnel through the stack, as well as new fireplaces and panelling.
Local climate
West Lodge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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