Lodge At Castle Hill Service Station

The Lodge at Castle Hill Service Station is a Grade II listed building, constructed in 1835 by George Gilbert Scott. It features neat ashlar walling with contrasting yellow limestone dressings and a Welsh slate roof. This picturesque lodge was originally one of a pair serving the old Union, which replaced a former workhouse. The second lodge and the main building were demolished in 1968/69.

The lodge has an irregular plan, consisting of a main north-south block and a cross-wing that forms a T shape towards the north. The street front includes two single lights with a transom, flanking a two-storey gabled porch. This porch has an inner plank door set beneath a four-centred arch, which is topped by a blank shield with a raised hood mould and a narrow light. On the left return, there is a projecting full-height gable with a four-light casement window beneath a small square light. This is followed by a Tudor doorway under a two-light transom light and a three-light casement window to a central, projecting full-height gable. All windows feature stopped hoods and iron diamond small-scale glazing, while the gables are coped with roll saddles and kneelers. Two small flanking urns sit above the main porch, and there are three ridge stacks. The right return is plain.

Despite some later 20th-century alterations related to the garage, this lodge is well preserved and has become more significant since the rest of the group around the broad courtyard has disappeared.