East Lodge To Thornbury Castle

An entrance lodge with attached outbuildings, built in circa 1855.

MATERIALS: rubble limestone with ashlar dressings, under a clay tile roof with limestone and red brick stacks. The interior has stone fireplaces, a stone stair and timber window shutters.

PLAN: the building is L-plan, with attached outbuildings to the east.

EXTERIOR: the lodge is single-storey with an attic floor, and has Tudor Gothic detailing, including single and two-light, four-centred arch-headed casements under hood moulds and stone relieving arches. The road (south) elevation faces the carriageway (east) and is three bays wide. The left range projects towards the road with a gable end under coped verges and kneelers. There is a central plank door under a four-centred arch head. To the right are single light openings. The corner of the elevation is canted with a carved stone corbel with a single-light opening below (qv. West Lodge, Thornbury Castle). The east gable end has a two-light casement to each floor with ashlar diamond stacks on the north roof slope behind. The west elevation has a gable end to the left and a central, lateral stack in stone and red brick. A range of single-storey stone outbuildings extend to the west, with modern roofing, and which abut the walls to Thornbury Castle.

INTERIOR: a central stone stair is in situ, however, an internal inspection was not made.