South Lodge

South Lodge, dating to 1867, is likely a remodelling of an earlier cottage. It is constructed of brick faced with random stone rubble, with the front octagonal bay and left-hand side faced in coursed rock-faced stone; the rear and right-hand side are rendered. The flat roof is covered in felt and concealed behind an embattled parapet with moulded coping. There are two lateral chimney stacks at the back and on the left side, featuring pairs of octagonal and moulded stone shafts.

The building follows a three-room plan. The main range comprises two rooms, with a straight staircase between them. Each room is heated from a lateral stack and has a central back doorway. An octagonal room projects in front of the right-hand room, with the main doorway at the front and a stack in the side wall. While it is suggested that the octagonal room might be an addition to an earlier cottage, there is no apparent joint in the masonry, suggesting the front and left side may have been refaced in 1867.

The design is in the Tudor Gothic style. The front and right-hand sides have an embattled parapet. An octagonal tower-like bay projects on the left; alternate sides feature small gablets over the battlements with elaborate stone finials. There is a similar gablet on the right. The ground floor has one window on each side of the octagon, excluding the front and left where the main doorway is located; there is another ground floor window to the right. All windows are set within chamfered stone frames and contain 19th-century two-light casements with cusped heads and glazing bars. A small single-light window is situated on the first floor immediately to the right of the octagon. A chamfered stone Tudor arch doorframe with recessed spandrels and a 19th-century glazed and panelled door is at the front of the octagon. A datestone inscribed "1867" is positioned high above the doorway.

The interior was undergoing stripping at the time of survey in April 1988, but the first floor room in the octagon retains a late 19th or early 20th century fireplace grate with Art Nouveau decoration.

South Lodge, together with Searles North Lodge (listed separately), served as lodges to the demolished Victorian Gothic mansion 'Searles,' which is believed to have been built in 1865.