Starcross Lodge

SX 98 SE 6/267

KENTON STARCROSS Starcross Lodge

GV II

Lodge to Powderham Castle. Circa 1860. Grey limestone rubble with polychromatic brick detail; slate roof, gabled at ends with crested ridge tiles; stacks with brick shafts. Gothic. Plan: L plan, the main block with one entrance facing the drive to Powderham Castle and a second entrance in the rear facing the road parallel to the Exe Estuary. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 1:1 window front (west) elevation facing the drive, with the gabled end of the wing to the left. Front door into main block to the left with a sloping porch hood carried on cusped brackets, stone shield with the Courtenay amorial bearings above door; projecting stack with set-offs to right of door. The end of the wing has one ground and one first floor casement, each with crank-headed arched heads and C19 2-light casement. Small 1-light ground floor window in the inner return of the wing. The right return of the main block has a canted bay window to the ground floor and a 3-light crank arched window above with C19 2-light casements and cusped bargeboards. The east elevation, facing the road, is picturesquely irregular, projecting to the front to the right with a half-hipped roof to the front in the centre with curved brackets and a crank-headed arched doorframe with a plank door; 1-light window above door. 1 ground and 1 first floor window to the right, similar in design to those on the west elevation. Interior: Not inspected. Very intact externally and on a prominent roadside site.

Listing NGR: SX9756582565