Higher Lodge

Higher Lodge is a pair of attached gate lodges that have been converted into one house, located on the Black Hall estate. They were built around 1830-1840, as shown on the Black Hall estate map from 1840, and were likely converted into a single residence in the early 20th century. The structure is made of slate rubble, which was probably originally covered in stucco, and features dressed slate lintels. The roof is hipped with splayed ends and deep eaves supported by shaped brackets; only the right end retains its original grouted scantle slate roof, while the center and left ends have been reclad in diagonally-set asbestos tiles. Tall rendered stacks rise over the end walls.

The layout consists of a pair of lodges at the entrance to the drive, each with a mirror image plan featuring one room and a splayed front corner. They share a central entrance lobby, behind which are stairs against the party wall. The rooms are heated by stacks on the end walls. Each lodge originally had a single-storey outshut at the back, which has been raised to two storeys, likely during the early 20th-century conversion.

The exterior is two storeys high and features a symmetrical arrangement of windows, with a 1:3:1 configuration. The right and left windows are located in the splayed corners. The original early 19th-century windows are three-light casements with glazing bars, slate lintels, and slate cills. The first-floor center window and the first-floor windows in the splayed corners are blind and have painted dummy casements with leaded panes. The central doorway leads to the lobby and features a late 19th-century or early 20th-century plank door with a gabled timber hood supported by shaped brackets. There is also a panelled back door.

Inside, the lodges have simple 19th-century panelled doors. The left room includes a simple 19th-century chimneypiece and is referred to as the lion room, while the right room has a fireplace fitted with a 20th-century Rayburn range.