Thurton Lodge, On South East Side Of Drive To Langley Park

Thurton Lodge is a gate lodge built around 1785 by Sir John Soane, located on the southeast side of the drive to Langley Park. It is constructed from gault brick with Portland stone dressings and features a slate roof with pedimented gables. The building is one storey and square in plan. The gable walls to the north and south have a pair of recessed Tuscan columns that support a metope frieze and gable pediment. Between the columns is a central window opening containing a semi-circular headed sash with glazing bars, set under a rubbed brick arch. The cornice overhang, decorated with guttae, extends along the east and west walls.

On the west wall facing the driveway, there is a semi-circular headed doorway with a rubbed brick arch of two orders, featuring a spandrel with beaded panels and a door with four flush panels. The east wall has a centrally placed blind semi-circular headed recess. A central chimney stack on the ridge line is adorned with dog tooth ornamentation at the cap. Inside, there is a fireplace on the east wall with a cast iron hob grate and a simple wooden surround and mantle shelf, likely original to the building.

At the southwest corner, there is a railing screen on a low brick plinth, featuring diagonally-set square section wrought iron railings with necked and tapered finials. The square cage gate piers incorporate elongated cast iron medallions and are capped with a pair of cast roundels on scrolled bases. Two swept stay-bars are present on the north side of the pier. The gates were removed for repair at the time of the survey.