Clifton Lodge, Archway, Flanking Walls and Section of Estate Wall Adjoining and to the South Clifton Lodge, Archway, Flanking Walls and Wall to South is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1984. Archway and lodge.
Clifton Lodge, Archway, Flanking Walls and Section of Estate Wall Adjoining and to the South Clifton Lodge, Archway, Flanking Walls and Wall to South
- WRENN ID
- weathered-clay-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1984
- Type
- Archway and lodge
- OS grid reference
- ST 558 726
- Coordinates
- 51.45147, -2.63743
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Clifton Lodge, including the archway, flanking walls, and a section of the estate wall to the south, was built around 1885-86. It features coursed, squared rubble with freestone dressings, and the roofs are hidden behind embattled parapets with rubble and freestone stacks. The design is asymmetrical and reflects a Tudor Gothic style.
In the center, there is a 4-centred archway with a ribbed vault and carved bosses. Above this archway is a three-light oriel window with cusped tracery, flanked by niches containing statues of knights. The structure has a stepped and embattled parapet displaying the Smyth arms.
On either side of the archway, there are canted, three-storey towers topped with embattled parapets that are corbelled out on cusped arcaded plates. The ground floor features square windows with chamfered surrounds, while the upper floors have four-centre headed windows. A moulded string course adorned with gargoyles runs along the towers.
To the south of the left section, there is a projecting square bay and a stair turret, followed by a two-storey, single bay wing. To the north of the right section, a five-stage polygonal tower includes single cusped ogee lights, with a two-storey, single bay wing beyond it.
Flanking each lodge are rubble quadrant walls approximately 5-6 yards long, ending in square, embattled piers. To the south, a section of wall extends about 50 yards, constructed of rubble with freestone dressings and coping. This wall steps down at intervals where square piers are located and features decorative cast-iron railings. Clifton Lodge serves as a lodge for the Ashton Court estate.
Local climate
Clifton Lodge, Archway, Flanking Walls and Section of Estate Wall Adjoining and to the South Clifton Lodge, Archway, Flanking Walls and Wall to South receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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