Lodge To Bathwick Grange, With Gate Piers And Walls

The lodge to Bathwick Grange, along with its gate piers and walls, was built around 1840 and extended to the west around 1990. The architect was H.E. Goodridge. The structure is made of limestone ashlar with a slate roof.

The lodge is a square block featuring an arcaded projection with two arched windows facing the road. A prominent chimneystack is located above an arched doorway on the east side. There is a moulded stringcourse at the impost level on the front, and a plat band at the entrance front with a moulded hood over the arch. Above the entrance, there is a round window with keystones at the four cardinal points. The first floor has a pair of arched windows with a pedimented gable end above, supported by heavily moulded paired brackets. The extension to the west has been designed to match the original style.

To the right of the lodge, there are a pair of gate piers inscribed in capitals with the name BATHWICK GRANGE, which is the later name of the house. These piers have heavily moulded caps with pediments and paired brackets that match the gatehouse.

The interior has not been inspected. The retaining wall extends under the projecting bay to the pavement level and continues to the right with a coped wall that sweeps to a plain pier. This pier connects to a quadrant that returns to the pair of gate piers, which are cruciform in plan with a high base, lintel, and frieze topped with cross-pedimented cappings on dentils. On the far side of the opening, without gates, the pier is attached to another quadrant of wall that extends to the pavement.

Historically, this lodge was designed by Goodridge to serve as the entrance to his former house, which he sold in 1848, and it showcases his distinctive Italianate style. The later extension was carried out by James Elliott.