Spye Arch Lodge

ST 96 NW 1/1 19.3.62

BROMHAM BOWDEN HILL

Spye Arch Lodge

GV II*

Gate lodge to Spye Park, the former gatehouse of Brombam House, C16, moved and remodelled slightly in later C18. Ashlar with stone slate roof. Two storeys with battlemented parapet, high plinth and angle buttresses. Large four-centred arch with hoodmould and carved arms in spandrels. Later inserted round arch. Flanking C18 Gothick ogee-headed ashlar niches. Fine first floor 1:3:1-light mullion-and-transom oriel with Tudor-arched heads to upper lights, moulded cornice and parapet. Deep carved apron has arms of Henry VIII flanked by finely carved panels. The moulded base also has fine carving. Bases of 2 finials to oriel and 2 similar to parapet each side. Centre battlement has carved griffin head and outer battlement each side a donkey's head. Rear is similar but slightly simplified, no transom to oriel, no finials. Fine carving to apron panels and arch spandrels. Sides are rubble stone with pair of C18 Gothick lancet lights in heavy projecting surrounds to first floor each side. Ground floor doors. (N. Pevsner Wiltshire 1975 120)

Listing NGR: ST9416767934