Lodge on East Side of Drive to Mereworth Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1985. Entrance lodge.

Lodge on East Side of Drive to Mereworth Castle

WRENN ID
old-groin-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Constituency
Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 April 1985
Type
Entrance lodge
Address
Lodge on East Side of Drive to Mereworth Castle, Maidstone Road
OS grid reference
TQ 669 536
Coordinates
51.25755, 0.39157
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lodge on the east side of the drive to Mereworth Castle is an entrance lodge that dates from the mid-18th century. It has been relocated to the wrong side of Maidstone Road. The building is rendered and features a modillion eaves cornice beneath a slate roof. It has a gable end facing west, which includes a gable pediment and an oculus. The lodge is two storeys high and consists of three bays, with two bays facing the road. There is a projecting porch with a pediment on the north side. To the east of the lodge, there is a one-storey pavilion connected by a short screen wall, which matches the west lodge.

Local climate

Lodge on East Side of Drive to Mereworth Castle receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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