Lower Lodge to Ashton Court and Attached Gates, Railings and Bollards is a Grade II* listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Entrance lodge. 1 related planning application.

Lower Lodge to Ashton Court and Attached Gates, Railings and Bollards

WRENN ID
peeling-quoin-magpie
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol South MP: Karin Smyth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 March 1977
Type
Entrance lodge
Address
Lower Lodge to Ashton Court and Attached Gates, Railings and Bollards, Ashton Road, BS3 2JL
OS grid reference
ST 563 713
Coordinates
51.43977, -2.62999
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lower Lodge to Ashton Court, built around 1805 by Henry Wood for Sir Hugh Smyth, is an entrance lodge designed in a picturesque Tudor style. Constructed from limestone ashlar, the roof is not visible. The building has a single-depth plan on each side of the gate and stands two storeys tall with a five-window range. It features a Tudor arch gateway with an ovolo reveal and an impost band, flanked by octagonal towers and single-storey wings. Above the arch are three lancets with Y tracery and hoods, along with iron glazing bars. The towers have tall, thin lancets also with iron glazing bars, and the wings contain four-light mullioned windows with label moulds. All elements are battlemented and sit above a corbel table.

Inside, there is an open-string stone stair in the left-hand block that leads to a room above the arch, which has panelled niches. A wooden winder stair is located in the right-hand rear tower. The interior features plain shutters and six-panel doors, with lancet mouldings in the middle panes.

The lodge is complemented by subsidiary features including wrought-iron gates, railings, and Pennant stone coach bollards at both the front and rear. It was built as the Lower Lodge to Ashton Court.

Local climate

Lower Lodge to Ashton Court and Attached Gates, Railings and Bollards receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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