Lodge to Gaunt's House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1986. Lodge.

Lodge to Gaunt's House

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 November 1986
Type
Lodge
Address
Lodge to Gaunt's House, B.3078, Holt
OS grid reference
SU 005 036
Coordinates
50.8324, -1.99304
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Lodge to Gaunt's House is a Grade II listed Cottage Orné, built in the early 19th century as a lodge for Gaunt's House. It features English bond brickwork and a conical thatched roof with capped eaves, along with a central brick stack. The building is one and a half storeys tall and has a polygonal plan. On the ground floor, there are triple timber casements with triangular headed lights and leaded glazing, which are set beneath returned labels. The upper floor contains square headed timber casements with leaded lights. There are part glazed doors at the angles, sheltered by thatched porches supported by rustic timber columns. This lodge is recognized as a good example of its type.

Local climate

Lodge to Gaunt's House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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