Entrance Lodge To Berrydown Court

1. 5229 OVERTON

SU 5249 10.1.77 Entrance Lodge to 6/27 Berrydown Court

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1. A long and low 1½-storeyed building links to the boundary wall on each side, and has a central carriageway entrance. On the outer (north) face, the opening is marked by turrets with small conical roofs. Tile roofing, half-hipped at each end, dormer above entrance has a clock face, tall hay-loft door at the east end. The walling continues the roughcast finish, with an oval window with the voussoirs to the east, on the west a high level dormer. A 4-light casement under the eaves and an arched doorway (with exaggerated tile voussoirs, opening onto a raised entrance, approached by a flight of steps. On the inside (south-) elevation there are more windows, with complex asymmetry including dormers, a 2-storeyed bay at the west side, and a doorway linked to casements near the gate. Within the entrance the tall boarded gates move back into prepared recesses, the eaves are supported on beams, arch-braced. Note: this unaltered group of buildings is associated with the planting of trees and trimmed hedges, all representing the later stage of the Arts and Crafts style.

Note: this unaltered group of buildings is associated with the planting of trees and trimmed hedges, all representinga the later stage of the Arts and Crafts style.

Listing NGR: SU5203249366