Pennant Lodge And Attached Walls And Piers And Railings

Pennant Lodge is a house built in 1851 for Charles Freshfield. It is constructed of stucco, with slate roofs—the roof on the left side is longer than the other. The house is rectangular in plan, with a six-window front, and two-window returns to the left and rear. All windows have flat arches and deep reveals.

The basement is enclosed by a low retaining wall, interrupted by socles attached to the front wall by curving parapet walls. Ground- and first-floor windows have plain architraves. A ground-floor veranda is supported by five twisted cast-iron colonnettes, each with an acanthus-leaf capital, and enclosed by a cast-iron railing of original mid-19th century design, with thinner colonnettes supporting a curved metal roof. The ends of the veranda are closed off by short walls. Projecting, bracketed eaves run around the building.

The main entrance is on the left return, beneath a flat-arched porch with Tuscan corner pilasters and responds. The stucco capitals and entablature of the porch were damaged as of 1992. A blind balustrade runs along the parapet above the porch. A similar porch, in good condition, serves as an entrance from a car park constructed in 1985 on the rear elevation. Tall, thin stacks are present on the end and rear walls, and where the hipped roofs meet, with multiple flues gathered at the top, capped by a simple cornice and with scrolled pediment flue guards.

The interior was not inspected. Original design walls, piers, and cast-iron railings are present on either side of the left-return entrance porch. The house was incorporated into the "Queen's Park Villas" complex during a 1985 restoration and conversion into offices, having previously been used as a nursing home.