West Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Hounslow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 2001. Lodge. 1 related planning application.
West Lodge
- WRENN ID
- fallow-spire-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hounslow
- Constituency
- Brentford and Isleworth MP: Ruth Cadbury (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 2001
- Type
- Lodge
- Address
- West Lodge, 1 and 2, Lionel Road, TW8 9QZ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 186 783
- Coordinates
- 51.49165, -0.29224
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Lodge is a gatehouse built around 1875, with an unknown designer. It features rough-faced Portland stone masonry with Bath stone dressings and stands two storeys tall. The structure consists of a pair of gatehouses connected by a four-centred arch with a hood mould, along with side extensions and canted bays at the rear. The windows are mullioned four-light, with two-light windows in the bay at the rear, and there is a rendered castellated parapet. The gates have since been removed. Historically, this lodge was constructed to serve Gunnersbury Park on land acquired by the Rothschilds in 1861. It first appears in the 1881 Census under the name 'Barons Lodges'. The building is designed in a picturesque castle or baronial style and is a notable feature in the surrounding landscape.
Local climate
West Lodge sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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