Langton Park Lodge

Langton Park Lodge is an estate cottage, likely dating from around 1864, originally associated with Fernchase Manor, formerly known as Ashurst Park. It was possibly designed by George Devey, and is one of two lodges of this date referenced by Newman. The building is constructed from local sandstone with timber framing, incorporating tile-hanging and weatherboarding, and has a peg-tile roof. A brick chimney shaft rises from a stack. It is built in a Vernacular Revival style with picturesque, rustic detailing.

The layout is cruciform, with the main block oriented north-south and the south elevation facing Fordcombe Road, where the entrance is situated.

This well-preserved cottage ornée exhibits elaborate detailing. It is a single storey with an attic, featuring a very deep, gabled roof with crested ridge tiles and pierced, cusped bargeboards to the gables. The attic storey framing is partly close-studded, with some curved braces. The ground floor combines various materials including weatherboarding, tile-hanging, local sandstone, and split logs. The south-facing gable features a terracotta finial and a first-floor oriel window. A zig-zag frieze runs beneath the gable apex, and the front wall is constructed from vertical split logs with horizontal logs above, providing ventilation for a storeroom. This split log arrangement extends onto the east return wall, within the porch. A recessed porch is present, supported by undressed tree trunk posts with twisted rustic branches forming the outer doorway; the porch is also open on the west side, with a plank and cover strip front door. The east elevation features a shallow gabled projection with local sandstone below timber framing in the gable. There is one small-pane, 2-light casement window to both the ground and first floors. The east elevation is weatherboarded to the right. A diagonally set chimney shaft projects through the roof in front of the ridge on the south side.

The interior has not been inspected.

Local reports suggest that some of the lodges originally to Ashurst Park were thatched. The building is well-preserved externally with attractive detailing.