Lansdown Lodge

Lansdown Lodge is a detached mansion dating from around 1740, with substantial additions made in the 1835s. It is constructed of limestone ashlar with a single-pitched slate mansard roof, featuring two hip-roofed dormers and moulded stacks to the gable ends. The building has a three-unit plan, with a stair turret to the rear left and early 19th-century additions.

The two-storey main block is symmetrical with a five-window front. It has six/six-pane sash windows set in splayed, moulded architraves; ground floor windows have cornices. A moulded coped parapet runs along the top, with a slightly returned cornice and chamfered rusticated quoins. The central three bays project slightly under a pediment containing a blind oculus. A 20th-century eight-panel door is set within a moulded architrave, flanked by narrow pilasters and fluted consoles that support a projecting pediment.

To the right of the main block is a single-storey wing from the early 19th century, featuring a pierced stone parapet and a six/six-pane sash window in a projecting, corniced bay. A smaller, single-storey wing was added in the 20th century, set back from the main facade. At the rear, an early 19th-century block fills the space to the right of the stair turret, with a balconette to the first-floor window.

The interior retains the original staircase and box cornices to the ground floor.

A terrace from around 1835 fronts the house, featuring a pierced balustrade and urns flanking the steps leading up from the lawn. Steps leading up from the drive have wreathed wrought iron railings. A five-step approach to the front door is flanked by large, repositioned stone pineapples and plain wrought iron railings.

According to local tradition, the artist Thomas Gainsborough stayed at the house while awaiting the completion of his own residence in the Circus.