Knightshayes Lodge And Gate Piers And Quadrant Walls

Knightshayes Lodge, gate piers, and quadrant walls were likely built around 1868 or shortly after by William Burges. The structure is made of squared stone rubble with details probably in dressed Ham stone. The lodge features a tiled roof with crested ridge tiles, some of which are missing, and has a large stone rubble chimney on the cross-wing. It is designed in a Tudor style, resembling a late medieval house.

The exterior includes a single-storey hall range on the right and a two-storey gable cross-wing on the left. The hall has a four-light mullioned and transomed window on the right and a pointed arched doorway on the left. Above these, there is a string course and a row of three shields displaying coats-of-arms. The cross-wing features a five-light mullioned and transomed bay window on the ground floor, which has canted sides and a pent roof, along with a three-light mullioned window on the upper storey. The gable has flat coping with kneelers and a moulded apex, as well as a small round window in the centre.

The left return, which faces Bolham Lane, has a six-light bay window on the ground floor with square sides and a pent roof. A string course runs at eaves level, continuing from the front elevation. There is also a two-light gabled dormer in the upper storey, featuring stone coping and kneelers. The windows on both elevations have unmoulded stone surrounds and small-paned glazing with margin panes, with iron glazing bars. The rear elevation of the cross-wing is similar to the front but lacks the bay window.

The interior has not been inspected but may contain interesting features. The gate piers have rough-faced bases and ashlar tops, designed as pedestals with moulded caps and bases, finished with short flat-topped pyramids. Each pedestal displays a shield with a coat-of-arms. The quadrant walls, made of squared rubble, have chamfered copings of dressed rubble that flank the gate piers.