Keeper'S House

RICKINGHALL INFERIOR WEST STREET (WEST SIDE) TM 07 SW 3/133 Keeper's House - -- II House, former gamekeeper's lodge for West Hall (q.v.). Early C19. Clay lump and whitewashed brick. Plaintiled roofs. An informally planned block in a Picturesque Gothick style. 1 storey. Projecting forward to right of centre is a canted bay with a pointed arched boarded door and flanking 2-light glazing bar casements with Y traceried pointed arched leaded heads, semi- octagonal hipped roof. To right 1 bay with roof swept down to low eaves at front. To left a recessed bay with a similar Gothick window, 2 tapering timber uprights to front; far left bay is brick built with a similar Gothick window. Left end half hipped. Right end half hipped with an added external stack, a similar Gothick window and a small light. An axial ridge stack where ridge of forward canted bay meets main ridge. To rear cross range projects further with a lean-to to rear right. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: TM0257072847