The Lodge

The Lodge is a house of early and mid-19th century date, constructed of stuccoed brick with a slate roof and comprising two storeys. The building presents a complex plan with additions made over several periods, evident particularly on the rear elevation which shows a variety of roof levels and forms.

The entrance front faces two principal phases of construction. The two bays to the right are of early 19th-century date, while the taller bay to the left is of later date. Both portions feature banded rustication quoins at their corners, and the whole front is colourwashed. A lean-to verandah-porch of mid to late 19th-century date precedes the right-hand bays, with a tiled floor and chamfered square wooden posts with wrought iron brackets.

The central entrance comprises a classical doorway with Doric three-quarter-columns with entasis supporting a plain entablature. The doorway surrounds a tripartite door arrangement: a door of six raised and fielded panels with lights in a ribbed frame either side and above. Flanking this are two tripartite French windows with central doors of 2x4 panes and lateral lights of 1x4 panes, set within slightly projecting ashlar surrounds which are lugged and grooved with deep lintels designed to accommodate blind boxes. Above on the first floor are two tripartite windows with central sash windows of 2x3 panes and lateral lights of 1x3 panes, having projecting sills supported on brackets and painted ashlar surrounds matching those below.

The later bay to the left is flush with the earlier portion. Its ground floor contains a window of 4x4 panes with grooved ashlar surround, repeated at first floor level. The right-hand range has a concave hipped roof, while the left-hand roof is hipped but without being curved.

The left side of the mid-19th-century portion displays a ground-floor sash of 4x4 panes and a first-floor sash of 3x4 panes, both with grooved ashlar surrounds. A projecting wing is recessed to the left of this, featuring French windows to the right and a sash window of 3x4 panes.

The right-hand side of the house comprises two bays. The left bay features a tripartite window with central sash of 2x4 panes falling to ground level with lateral lights of 1x4 panes. To the right is a 20th-century lean-to outshut with a half-glazed door and one four-light casement window and one cross-window. The first floor has two tripartite windows with central sashes of 2x3 panes and lateral lights of 1x3 panes beneath a concave hipped roof. A later 19th-century gabled wing projects to the right, with a concave roof. The left-hand side of this wing contains two bays with French windows to the ground floor on the left and a sash window of 3x4 panes with cambered head to the right, both 20th-century insertions. The first floor repeats this fenestration. The gable end contains a ground floor window of 3x4 sash panes (a 20th-century insertion) and a first floor window of 3x4 panes, with a ground floor outshut to the right.

The interior contains significant period features. The drawing room, located within the mid-19th-century portion, displays a cornice with rinceau ornament to the frieze, Greek curled foliage and a heavy rosette to the ceiling centre incorporating sunflower and leaves in relief. It contains a chimneypiece of veined white marble and panelled shutters. The library features a ribbed cornice with panelled shutters in ribbed surrounds and a variegated marble chimneypiece. The staircase comprises one flight with stick balusters and a moulded mahogany handrail with wreathed curtail and inset ivory disk. Hob grates are present in the first-floor rooms.