London Lodge is a Grade II* listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1966. Gateway with lodges. 1 related planning application.
London Lodge
- WRENN ID
- bitter-tallow-coral
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1966
- Type
- Gateway with lodges
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
HIGHCLERE
186/2/32 HIGHCLERE PARK 16-MAY-66 LONDON LODGE
II*
Arched gateway flanked by single-storey lodges. 1793 with lodges added c1840. Brick and rendered archway with Coade stone dressings and iron gates, ashlar lodges with hidden slate roofs. Roman-style archway has an architrave moulding with a sculptured head keystone, the impost moulding passing along the inner face. On each side are coupled pilasters on a pedestal, of Ionic Order (of low relief Adam style), with a modillion entablature. The bases of these pilasters are inscribed COADE, LONDON, 1793. The blocking course at the top has a raised central section, surmounted by an ornate vase. The simple lodges are linked to the gateway by plain curved walling, the whole having a plain blocking course, a cornice, rusticated quoins, and a plinth. On the north there is a sash in reveals, on the south a half-glazed door beneath a panel. There is a pair of heavy cast iron gates. This gate was built for the Herbert family as an entrance to the Highclere estate.
Listing NGR: SU4436159744
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