Hunters Lodge

Hunter's Lodge is a detached cottage ornée dating to around 1810, designed by Joseph Parkinson for William Tate. It is constructed of stucco. The building is two storeys high, with a partly visible semi-basement. The facade is irregular. The main block features two pointed arch windows with Y-glazing and a continuous hoodmould to the ground floor, and ogival windows with Y-glazing to the first floor. To the right is a large three-light ogival stair window with a hoodmould. A corniced and crenellated parapet tops the building. A recessed central block contains two architraved ogival windows with diamond pane glazing, also topped by a cornice and blocking course. This block is fronted by a single-storey extension with a crenellated parapet rising above the entrance to form a pediment; it has a slightly pointed arch entrance with a hoodmould, a fanlight, and a panelled door. A window with a hoodmould is to the right of the entrance. A 20th-century two-storey garage extension is located to the right of the main block. Attached to the left of the main block is a crenellated wall with cross-gable gate piers. The garden front is distinguished by three round towers, the central tower projecting, each featuring ogival windows and conical slate roofs. To the right is a gabled bay containing a four-light oriel window. The interior has not been inspected. William Tate, a merchant, was a lessee of the Baltic merchant George Todd, who acquired a large piece of Belsize Park in 1808. Parkinson exhibited designs for the property, then known as Langwathby, at the Royal Academy in 1810.