Top Lodge and Gates is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1957. Lodge, gate.

Top Lodge and Gates

WRENN ID
deep-mortar-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Test Valley
Constituency
Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 May 1957
Type
Lodge, gate
Address
Top Lodge and Gates, Oakley Road, Mottisfont
OS grid reference
SU 324 269
Coordinates
51.04114, -1.53886
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Top Lodge and Gates is a lodge and entrance gateway built in the late 19th century. It is constructed of flint with brick and stone dressings and features an old plain tile roof. The single-storey lodge has three bays and low additions at the rear. The front has a slightly projecting central bay with brick dressings and a stone-dressed gable with kneelers above. There is a depressed stone arch that leads to a half-glazed door. On either side of the door, there are three-light stone mullioned windows with leaded lights. The ends of the lodge have brick quoins and stone kneelered gable walls, with a stack at the end bay featuring paired diamond shafts.

The gates are made up of four cruciform-section stone piers, with the inner piers being larger and topped by rearing horses, while the outer piers have ball finials. The gates stand 2 meters high and consist of plain double gates with screens on each side.

Local climate

Top Lodge and Gates receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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