Forest Gate

MAMHEAD SX 98 SW

5/303 Forest Gate, shown on OS map as 11.11.52 Arch Lodge

GV II

Lodge to Mamhead House (q.v. Dawlish College). Designed by Salvin (old list description), who rebuilt Mamhead House 1828-1833 for Sir R. W. Newman Bart. Severe late C20 alterations. Red sandstone with a thatched roof ; stack with paired stone shafts. Plan: Approximately rectangular with a rounded wing on the east side, overlooking the road, with a verandah. A castellated single-storey addition at the south-east corner is probably late C20. Exterior: Single-storey and attic. The east elevation has a rounded end with the thatch brought down over a verandah on posts and 4-light windows with pointed arched leaded panes, attic dormer in thatch. Front door (C19 plank and cover strip) on the right return which has an enlarged C20 4-light window and 2 attic dormers in the thatch with curly bargeboards, pendants and C20 casements. The rear (west) elevation is gabled with pierced curly bargeboards and 1-light C20 windows in original chamfered stone frames. Flight of rounded steps up to a C20 door in the outshut on the south side, outshut with 2 3-light casements on the south side. Interior: Modernized.

Listing NGR: SX9383780929