Higher Lodge

Higher Lodge is a lodge to Caerhays Castle, built around 1808 by John Nash for J.B. Trevanion. It is constructed from slatestone rubble with granite dressings and features a lead roof and slate roof with ridge tiles and gable ends. The building has an asymmetrical plan, with an entrance gateway that includes an arch over the drive carriageway and a circular tower attached to the left. To the right, the main lodge has an octagonal plan room at the front and a circular stair tower at the rear right. The design is in the picturesque Gothic style.

The exterior features a gateway with a 4-centred arch and granite dressings, along with chamfered edges. It has 20th-century wooden gates and an embattled parapet above. The circular tower on the left has an embattled parapet, a 4-pane lancet window at the front, blind cross loops, and a 2-centred arched chamfered doorway with a plank door at the rear. The main lodge includes a 2-storey octagonal tower at the front, with long and short granite quoins and an embattled parapet. There are two single light 8-pane casements with chamfered granite lintels on both the ground and first floors. Set back to the right is a taller circular stair tower with an embattled parapet and two staggered 4-pane lancets.

The single-storey rear wing faces the driveway into the park and has an embattled parapet and an octagonal stack at the left end. It features two 20th-century 2-light 8-pane casements with chamfered granite lintels and a 20th-century plank door with raised battens and a flat wooden hood on brackets to the right. The inner face of the octagonal tower has a single light 8-pane casement with a chamfered granite lintel on both the ground and first floors. The outer side of the wing is concealed by a stone rubble screen wall with lancets, and the rear gable end has a raised embattled parapet. The interior has not been inspected.