Escot Front Lodge

SY 09 NE 6/162 22.2.55

TALATON Escot Front Lodge

GV II

Lodge to Escot (q.v.). Dated 1869. Flemish bond red brick with bands of black brick and Hamstone ashlar detail; brick stacks and chimneyshafts; red tile roof including bands of scallop-shaped tiles and has original ridge tiles. Plan: T-plan building facing east onto the drive to Escot (q.v.). This front block contains the main entrance hall to right (south) and the main living room/parlour to left and it has a projecting gable-end stack. A 1-room plan service block projects at right angles to rear right of centre and it has a gable-end stack. 2 storeys. Tudor Gothic style. Exterior: 1-window front. The doorway is to right, a Hamstone Tudor arch with hoodmould. The doorway is behind an internal porch; it contains an original plank door with ornate strap hinges. To left is a canted bay window with stone Tudor arch headed lights containing casements with glazing bars. Above is a stone 2-light gabled half dormer. The main roof is gable-ended with cusped bargeboards. The right (south) end has a 2-light window to each floor, the lower one with a hoodmould. The rear block has a leanto porch along it and this contains a Tudor arch doorway. In the left end stack of the front block there is a date plaque inscribed 1K, 1869. This side of the rear block has a 2-light window each floor, the lower one with a hoodmould, the upper one a gabled half dormer. Interior not inspected. This pretty Victorian lodge stands by the entrance to the landscaped Escot Park.

Listing NGR: SY0834397698