Mountains Lodge

Mountains Lodge is a lodge, likely dating to 1865, built to complement the nearby Mountains house and probably designed by G. Somers Clarke. The lodge is constructed of English bond brick with blue brick diapering, with the first floor clad in tile-hung panels featuring bands of scalloped tiles. The roof is of peg tiles with ornamental ridge tiles and has a brick stack. It is built in the Tudor style.

The lodge is situated within the gate piers of Mountains and is associated with a stable yard. It faces east, overlooking the drive. The plan is of two rooms wide, with a central entrance that likely faces a staircase, along with a rear right service outshut—all rooms appear to be served from a single rear lateral stack.

The two-storey exterior originally presented a symmetrical three-bay front elevation. The first floor was jettied out on curved brackets supporting a moulded jetty beam, and the central bay projected with a gable to the front on the first floor, featuring an open porch below. This gable is designed to imitate timber-framing, and incorporates curly bargeboards with pierced roundels. The porch has chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, moulded caps, a Tudor arched lintel and original tiling. The ground floor window to the right is original, comprising a deeply recessed two-light casement with a brick mullion and stone lintel. The ground floor window to the left has been replaced in the 20th century with a canted brick bay glazed with small-pane casements. A single original one-light window is present in the central bay, with the remainder of the first floor being blind. The south-facing return side features pierced bargeboards and a two-light 19th-century casement. The rear elevation displays a lateral stack with three brick shafts and corbelled coping. The rear outshut has diapered brickwork and four-pane 19th-century sash windows with stone lintels. The outshut appears to have been extended.

The interior has not been inspected but may retain original features.

Low iron railings enclose the front garden alongside a section of diapered brick wall adjoining the south end.

The lodge is a well-detailed example of Tudor style and contributes to the group value alongside the stable buildings, gate piers and gate, and Mountains house.