Shrubland Hall Lodge

BARHAM NORWICH ROAD TM 15 SW 3/14 Shrubland Hall Lodge - GV II Lodge cottage, c,1856; in the Italianate manner. For Sir W.F. Middleton, Bart. In the form of a small 3-storey tower, with single-storey wings on 3 sides. Mainly gault brick, with prominent dressings of stucco, including rusticated quoins, a band at 1st floor and a modillioned cornice just below eaves level. Pyramid roof with double Roman pantiles; oversailing eaves with exposed sprockets. Various original windows, each having broad stucco architraves; on the west face is a pair of niches within a gabled oriel, the gable being supported by columns. At ground floor are various small-pane sashes. Facing the gateway is an open colonnade supporting a hipped-roofed balcony. Panelled entrance door, the upper part glazed; above the doorway is a blind arch bearing the monogram W.F.M. A small single-storey wing to left was raised to 2 storeys in mid C20. The lodge has affinities with the Italianate tower added at this time to Shrubland Hall (with other alterations) by Sir Charles Barry. There is no known evidence that this building was also his work however.

Listing NGR: TM1261451474