Saxtead Lodge

Saxtead Lodge is a house that dates from the early 16th century and early 19th century. The front range is two storeys high, while part of the rear has two storeys and attics, giving the building a complex form. The early 19th century front range is constructed of white brick and features a hipped slate roof with a paired bracketed cornice. It has small-paned sash windows set in deep reveals with gauged heads, and there is a blank panel in one gable. The entrance is marked by a Tuscan portico with fluted columns and pilasters, a plain entablature, and a six-panelled fielded door with panelled linings.

The rear range is a four-bay timber-framed structure that is rendered and has a plaintiled roof. It follows a three-cell plan with a service-end partition showing evidence of two doorways with arched heads, although the rooms have been remodelled into one space with a later chimney-stack added. Inside, there is a two-bay central room with an exposed ceiling featuring a chamfered main beam with pyramid stops and shaped heads on the posts. Remnants of several diamond-mullioned windows can be seen on both the ground and first floors, along with reversed braces. The roof structure includes cambered tie-beams and a plain crown-post roof, with the crown-post braced in four directions at the head using thin braces, two of which are cranked to the collar. There is light but distinct evidence of smoke-blackening in the roof, suggesting that one bay may have served as a smoke-bay before a chimney-stack was later inserted.

At right angles to the timber-framed range and parallel to the front is an early 19th century building that was originally a small separate cottage but is now connected to the main house. This structure is also two storeys high, made of colour-washed brick with plaintiles, and features two-light small-paned casement windows with arched heads to their surrounds.