The Lodge And Gatepiers At South, At Entrance To Claverton Manor

The Lodge and Gatepiers at the south entrance to Claverton Manor date from the early to mid 19th century. Constructed of ashlar with a stone slate roof, the building features octagonal ashlar stacks and is designed in a plain late Gothic style. The most prominent element is a two-stage lookout tower, which has gabled sides adorned with cusped bargeboarding. The upper stage includes tall, four-centre headed openings and an open arcaded balustrade. There is a studded plank door framed by a moulded and four-centre headed surround.

To the south of the tower, there are two tall octagonal stacks. A two-bay wing extends to the west from the rear of the tower, consisting of two storeys near the tower and a single storey further out. This wing features two-light casement windows with ovolo moulded surrounds. It is partly obscured by a front entrance wing of two bays, where the right bay projects as a gabled wing with casement windows in ovolo moulded mullions and surrounds, as well as a bay window. At the far east, there is a projecting entrance lobby topped with a gable and an open bell-turret. The outer door is four-centre headed and set in a chamfered surround with a hoodmould.