Lodge To Imperial War Museum

The Lodge to the Imperial War Museum, now a villa, was built in 1837. It features a stucco exterior with a cornice and a parapet that steps over the center, adorned with a coat of arms. The building is single-storey and consists of three bays. It has a plinth, rusticated quoins, and a central section that projects on two planes. The segmental-arched doorway is detailed with voussoirs and a cyma moulded key that rises to the cornice. The door is deeply recessed and has a moulded architrave. On either side of the door are flanking sash windows, each with an architrave, frieze, cornice, and a projecting panel below. The two-bay returns to the north and south display similar details and have a rusticated pilaster between the bays. An Italianate chimney with a bracketed cornice is also present. An inscription on the north wall states: "This lodge was built and the ground enclosed and planted MDCCCXXXVII. Sir Peter Laurie, Alderman of the City of London, President. Ralph Price Esquire, Treasurer of the Royal Hospitals of Bridewell and Bethlem." The interior has not been inspected. Originally, this lodge served Bethlehem Hospital and is now part of the Imperial War Museum.