Dawlish Lodge

Dawlish Lodge is a lodge for Mamhead House, now known as Dawlish College, designed by Salvin and likely built between 1828 and 1833 for Sir R. W. Newman Bart. The lodge features red sandstone rubble that is rendered and painted to resemble timber framing on the first floor, topped with a thatched roof. A late 20th-century extension is constructed from re-constituted stone, also with a thatched roof. The building has an irregular plan, originally consisting of two rooms with an octagonal first floor, which has been extended at the east end.

The exterior is partly two storeys high, with a striking front elevation that overlooks the entrance to Mamhead House. The octagonal first floor is supported by brackets with pendants and has a thatched roof with a finial that extends over the ground floor. A large porch features a hipped thatched roof, with walls framed by a splat balustrade above panels filled with plaster cast in basket-weave patterns on the interior and pantiles on the exterior. The front door is made of planks with a cover strip, featuring a Tudor arch and ornamental hinges. The main block includes 2- and 3-light casement windows, with 2-light windows in the octagon. The interior has been modernized but remains the most inventive and least altered of the lodges associated with Mamhead House.