Chandos Lodge

EYE

TM1474 LAMBSETH STREET 585-1/5/123 (West side) 15/06/51 Chandos Lodge

GV II

House. 1811 by Dent Hooper for John Wythe, extended right and left c1820. Whitewashed and partly rendered brick. Centre with roof of black-glazed pantiles, additions with slate roofs. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. 5-window range. Centre 1811 part has 3-window range. Central double glass doors in slightly projecting porch. Plain hood over dentilled cornice. One 2-light metal casement with arched lights above. Either side of doorway is a full-height bow, each floor with one 4-light arched metal casement with leaded glazing. Dentil eaves cornice below mansard roof. Internal gable-end stacks east and west. Single-bay extensions right and left. Left (west) extension with French windows to ground floor, with glazing bars arched to imitate those of centre block. One 8/8 unhorned sash to first floor with louvred shutters. Hipped roof. Stack on west wall plane. Right (east) extension lit through one 8/8 unhorned sash each floor with arched glazing bars. Hipped roof. Rear with staircase turret and two C20 conservatories. INTERIOR: stick-baluster staircase inserted c1965. Entrance hall with projecting peardrop cornice of c1965. West ground-floor room with double wave-moulded C16 bridging beam inserted c1965. Historical association as home of Sir Frederick Ashton 1957-88, choreographer and dancer, Director of Royal Ballet. (Paine C: The History of Eye: Diss: 1993-: 50).

Listing NGR: TM1431474114