Milton Lodge And Wyverns And Attached Walls

Milton Lodge and Wyverns, along with their attached walls, is a large farmhouse dating from the early 18th century, now divided into houses. The building is constructed from coursed squared limestone rubble with ashlar dressings, featuring an old plain-tile roof and stone stacks, arranged in an L-plan. It stands two storeys plus attics and has a symmetrical five-window front with a plain parapet on a moulded band and a plain storey band.

The central doorway, which has a six-panel door, is flanked by Tuscan pilasters that support a segmental pediment with a keyblock, although this is partly obscured by a later stone canopy topped with a large triangular pediment on Tuscan columns. The first floor retains four early sash windows with heavy glazing bars, with the central window being blind. All windows feature a roll moulding on the sides and head. The parapets rise to gable stacks, and there are also stacks on the gables of the rear roof span. The centre of both gable walls is recessed, showcasing pairs of tall windows across three floors, with an early sash surviving on the left. The roof includes a central lead flat.

The long two-storey rear wing, now a separate dwelling known as Wyverns, has sash windows on both sides with flat keyblock arches and is further extended by a lower range. Both sections of the building have double-span roofs and brick stacks. Inside Milton Lodge, there is 17th-century panelling, likely re-used, a wide early 18th-century dogleg stair leading to the attics with closed string and turned balusters, and re-used 17th-century panelled doors in the attics, along with butt-purlin roofs. The interior of Wyverns features a large open fireplace. The flanking walls to the forecourt are made of rubble with angled brick copings, ending in plain ashlar piers with flat caps.