Rood Ashton Lodge

WEST ASHTON ROOD ASHTON PARK ST 85 NE (south side) 6/284 Rood Ashton Lodge GV II

Lodges with carriage house and stables. Probably c1830, for Long family of Rood Ashton House (qv). Stuccoed brick, Welsh slate and corrugated asbestos roofs, terracotta octagonal stacks. Gothic-style courtyard plan. North front has central elliptically-arched entrance to courtyard with double panelled doors, Long family crest on keystone, oriel over with pointed lights, battlemented parapet with octagonal corner pilasters, 2 bays flanking archway have 2-light mullioned casements with pointed lights to ground and first floors. Single-storey flanking bays have 4-panelled door to each lodge and mullioned casement with 3 pointed lights, all with hoodmoulds. Low side bays each have 2-light mullioned casements. Courtyard has elliptically-headed double carriage doors on south side, panelled stable doors and mullioned casements with pointed lights to west and east sides. Battlemented parapets concealing roofs. Interior of stables partly gutted, but retain some good quality timber and cast-iron partitions between stalls, slate panels with tethering rings, cobbled floors. An elaborately designed stable and lodge block, built to match the main house, possibly by Thomas Hopper.

Listing NGR: ST8870256087