White Lodge at Paddenswick Road Gate, Ravenscourt Park

Lodge, built in the mid-C19, formerly to a private house, became the lodge to a public park in the late C19.

MATERIALS: stucco with a pitched roof clad in concrete tiles.

PLAN: L-shaped footprint.

EXTERIOR: a single-storey building. The street elevation has pilasters topped by an arch and flanking a central round-headed triple-light timber window; the elevation is topped by a pediment. The south elevation has three timber sliding-sash windows with glazing bars and there is a band at cornice level. The pitched slate roof includes a tall lateral stucco chimney stack over the north side and another stack over the west gable end. To the north is the lean-to which contains a uPVC entrance door and C20 timber-frame windows.

INTERIOR: the lodge retains its interconnecting three-room plan. All three main rooms are heated: two retain their cast-iron back panels while one is boarded over. The decorative surrounds are all modern replicas of earlier styles. The building has two and four-panel doors of various dates. The lean-to contains the modern kitchen and bathroom.