Lower Harefield Lodge And Railings And Gatepiers

Lower Harefield Lodge and its railings and gatepiers are a pair of detached lodges dating from the 1830s and likely designed by William Burgess, the architect of Harefield House. They are constructed from sandstone ashlar with gabled-end slate roofs. The lodges are single-storeyed, built in a cross plan. Each lodge has paired or single round-headed windows with capitals decorated with stiff leaves. Each lodge has a rear stone stack with paired barley-sugar brick shafts. The roof ridge line of the main range, which runs parallel with the drive, is higher than that of the subsidiary range, which runs parallel with Exmouth Road. The lodges face the drive. Contemporary simple iron railings run alongside the drive. The entrance is marked by limestone gatepiers of square section, topped with balls. Double gates are set between them, along with associated railings featuring quatrefoil tiers, fleur-de-lys finials, open-work octagonal newels, and cupolas.