Ray Lodge

Ray Lodge is now a block of flats, dating from the mid-18th century. It is a three-storey building with a basement, constructed of red brick with a parapet and a painted dentil cornice. The roof is slate, hipped, with flanking chimneys. The south front has six windows per floor, with double-hung sash windows and glazing bars on the upper floors. The ground floor has four windows without glazing bars. A central timber Doric portico features a pediment with cornices on four fluted columns without bases or capitals, and pilasters, approached by a broad flight of twelve stone steps with simple iron railings. The central door is flanked by two windows under the portico. Four windows are present in the basement. The north elevation has six double-hung sashes with glazing bars on the second floor. The first floor has four windows with glazing bars and a central Palladian window, now partly obscured by a 19th-century service tower extension, set under a large gauged brick relieving arch. Two flanking two-storey pavilions, constructed of brick with a moulded wood cornice, each have three windows and a central chimney, and are linked across the front by a tall Tuscan colonnade of nine bays. The slender wooden columns are set on moulded plinths and extend to the height of the basement and ground floors. The centre breaks forward to form a portico with two widely spaced columns in front and three on the sides. There are three columns on either side of the portico and pilasters against the pavilions.

Internally, some original internal shutters remain, along with decorative plaster ceilings and cornices. Ionic columns are present in the former ground floor reception room, and Doric columns support three arches in the original stair hall, which has been altered. The building has been converted into flats, with main rooms now divided by modern partitions.