The Lodge

The Lodge is a house dating to circa 1835, likely designed by Edward Davis. It is constructed of limestone ashlar with a pantile roof. The building has a central block flanked by two projecting wings, and a projecting porch. It is built in a Tudor Gothic style, with irregular, picturesque frontages. The windows are mullioned, with single, double, and triple-light bays, four-light bays, and oriels, all with leaded lattice panes. The oriel windows on the stairs appear to have original leaded lights incorporating yellow and orange diamond patterns alongside clear glass. The roof has a multi-gabled profile with stone verges, kneelers and tall chimneys with decorative pots. The chimneypiece inside is a very fine Rococo/Palladian carving brought in by a previous owner. Other interior features include a panelled Gothic ceiling, a Tudor Rose motif at the ceiling intersection, a buff, terracotta and black tiled floor, a Tudor arched front door and a fine staircase. The Lodge originally formed part of a picturesque group of Tudorbethan villas designed by Davis, which were exhibited at the 1828 Royal Academy. The Post-Impressionist painter Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) lived at the property in 1917.