Lake House And Attached Front Wall, Royal Military Academy

SANDHURST

SU86SE LONDON ROAD 674-1/18/167 (North West side) 20/12/72 Lake House and attached front wall, Royal Military Academy

GV II

Officer's house. Dated 1810, by John Sanders, architect to the Barrack Department. MATERIALS: Painted render with ridge and front lateral stacks and slate hipped roof. PLAN: double depth plan. STYLE: late Georgian style. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and basement, 3-window range. Square plan with matching 3-window sides, moulded first floor cill band, cornice and parapet. Entrance front has steps, with wrought iron rail to left and ramped, coped wall to right, up to left hand porch with moulded coping, narrow flat headed doorway with overlight and 6-panel door, and iron overthrow lantern, to right shallow single storey section projects with 3 narrow lights. Ground floor windows have architraves with cornices, first floor windows have eared architraves, to recessed 6/6-pane sashes, blind window above the porch, with 2 reeded lead hoppers to the right inscribed G III R/1810. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached basement area wall extends along left hand return, with corner moulded cast iron lamp base. HISTORY: with Oakgrove House (qv), one of a pair of matching lodges. Built for the Medical Officer, and part of a fine group with the Old College (qv). (Country Life: Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst: London: 1969-: 1662).