Moditonham Lodges And Piers

SX 46 SW 6/9

BOTUS FLEMING Moditonham Lodges and piers

25.1.68

GV II

Pair of lodges to Moditonham House (qv) with pair of gate piers. Late C18. Lodges in slatestone rubble, partly rendered. Hipped slate roofs with stacks with brick shafts. Granite gate piers. Plan: Each lodge is of one-plan, with entrance formerly on the inner side, (facing the drive) and each heated by a stack to the outer side. Later C20 additions. The gate piers are one on each side of the drive between the lodges. Exterior: Each lodge is 2-storey, formerly a symmetrical pair. The north lodge is unrendered rubble; the west front has a C20 glazed door. 2-storey C20 addition to left side. The right side faces the drive, and has an ogee head 2-light casement at ground floor to left, formerly the front door. Two 2-light C20 casements at first floor; rear has similar ogee head 2-light casement at ground floor. The south lodge has the west front rendered, with ogee head 2-light casement at ground floor. The outer right side has single storey C20 addition. The inner side has ogee 2-light casement, formerly door. Rear has ogee 2-light casement at ground floor. Pair of granite ashlar piers, with square caps, surmounted by a large ball finial on a circular plinth with roll-moulding. Interior: Not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX4109261248