Front Lodge at Trent Park

Front Lodge at Trent Park is a west lodge built in 1898 by John T. Lee for Francis Bevan. It is constructed of red brick with flint panels, timber framing to the upper floor with pebbledashed infill, and machine tile roofs. The building is in the Tudor Revival style and has an irregular plan with gables facing in various directions.

The entrance is in the south gable end, featuring a half-glazed door set behind a screen of four turned balusters with four-centred heads and scrolled brackets. The upper floor is timber-framed with a canted oriel window fitted with multi-paned casements and a projecting gable head. Plain bargeboards are used throughout.

The east front features an open verandah with four turned balusters and four-centred heads on a high brick plinth. The main south elevation has three single-light casements to the ground floor and a timber-framed first floor supported by a moulded brick and timber string course. A gable head is centrally positioned with a two-light casement. The north return includes gable-head details and a doorway leading to a small enclosed scullery yard. The west return has a canted bay window with multi-paned casements within a sandstone surround on the ground floor, and a two-light casement to the left. The first-floor elevation is a mirror image of the east front.

A prominent central ridge stack features ornamented quadruple star-topped flues decorated with spiral, fleuron, thistle and diaper motifs of moulded brick on a square plinth. An octagonal single-flued stack on the east wall has a moulded plinth, raised lozenge patterning, and a star top.

Inside, the lodge features four-panelled doors and a closed string open-well staircase with square balusters, newels, and moulded handrails.