North Lodge is a Grade II* listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1954. Lodge. 6 related planning applications.
North Lodge
- WRENN ID
- guardian-pilaster-ochre
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 1954
- Type
- Lodge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
North Lodge, dating to around 1820, was likely designed by George Ledwell Taylor, the architect of Hadlow Castle. It originally served as a lodge to Hadlow Castle and has undergone alterations in the mid-19th century and 20th century. The lodge is constructed of cement-clad brick, with a brick stack and chimneyshaft, the visible one being cement-clad and ornamental, and has a slate roof.
The lodge is set back from the High Street, flanking the ornamental gateway to Hadlow Castle. It consists of a two-room plan with a further two-room plan wing projecting forward from the north-east end. A 20th-century entrance porch is located at the angle of the two wings. The original part of the lodge is the main block, and it's thought the original lodge may have consisted of just the room nearest the gateway.
The property is a single storey. The main block's garden front is largely concealed behind a 20th-century porch extension. The service wing features 20th-century casement windows. The street-facing side of the lodge is characterized by its ornamental Gothick style. The south-western room projects prominently towards the street. It has narrow, panelled angle buttresses with weathered offsets that originally terminated as corner finials, though the tops are now broken off. A stepped crenellated parapet tops this section, hiding a low-pitched roof. A central projecting bay features diagonal buttresses, an embattled parapet, and a recessed Tudor arch containing a window with leaded diamond-paned glass. Tall lancet windows flank the bay, also containing similar glass. A shield-shaped plaque sits above the bay. The street-facing side is similar, but the window tracery has been removed, and the lancets are blind. Two lancet windows with glazing bars are visible to the left, with a buttress between and angle buttresses at the left corner. A tall, narrow, octagonal chimneyshaft with a lattice pattern around the shaft, a moulded cornice, and an embattled top is a notable feature.
The interior has not been inspected. By around 1900, the lodge was smaller than its companion, South Lodge, and was remembered locally as the gardener’s cottage.
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