Fosse Lodge And Adjoining Gates And Gate Piers

ST 77 SE 10/6

MARSHFIELD C.P. ASHWICKE PARK Fosse Lodge, alternatively known as East Lodge, and adjoining gates and gate piers

G.V. II

Lodge, to Ashwicke Hall. Circa 1857-60 by J.K. Colling for J.C. Orred. Coursed squared rubble with freestone dressings and quoins; roofs concealed behind embattled parapets and moulded string. Gothic lodge, irregular and asymmetrical. 2 storeys. Single bay to right: 2-light cross windows in chamfered mullions and surrounds; triangular bay window on ground floor with embattled parapet and cornice carved with beasts and heads. 3 stage tower to left, embattled parapet and gargoyles: open lower stage with pointed arch under hood mould, Y-tracery wrought iron gate with decorative scrolls in the lights, ribbed vault inside with carved bosses, pointed plank door with decorative strap hinges; single pointed window with cusped head at first stage. A buttress at the left of the tower forms a gate pier. Decorative wrought iron gates. The other gate pier has a crested parapet with band of fleurons; buttresses to either side, pyramidal capping surmounted by a hare squatting on its rear legs supporting a shield bearing arms.

Listing NGR: ST7989171411