Glenmore Lodge

Glenmore Lodge is a villa built between 1826 and 1827 for Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Limond, with subsequent additions and alterations. It is constructed of stucco over brick, with concealed roof, end stacks finished with cornices, and an iron verandah.

The villa is two storeys with a basement, featuring four first-floor windows, two arranged in a full-height bow, and a single-storey entrance bay to the left. A first-floor band runs around the building, topped by a crowning frieze and cornice with a coped blocking course that slopes downwards to the ends. The first floor has paired sash windows with two panes per sash and margin lights, with Gothic-style glazing at the tops of the windows. All windows are set in plain reveals and have sills. The ground floor has wide multi-pane windows, and the bow features six-light windows with overlights. The basement windows consist of ten/ten and eight/eight sashes, with the bow windows having curved sections. A twentieth-century panelled door sits within a small outshut on the left side of the entrance. A return side has three first-floor windows; the first floor has six-pane casements, and the ground floor has French windows with overlights. A two-storey porch with a flight of roll-edged steps leading to a six-panel door is situated on the right side. The gable ends are coped and ramped up to the chimneys.

The interior retains original joinery, including shutters on some windows; the remainder of the interior was not inspected.

A verandah to the right return has a scrolled design on its uprights and a scrolled lozenge pattern on its balustrade.

The lodge was built as part of the development of the area undertaken for Joseph Pitt, with the overall layout designed by the architect John Forbes. Ownership was primarily made up of military or East India Company officers who had purchased their properties from Pitt. Glenmore Lodge contributes to a significant group of listed buildings around a central grassed area in Wellington Square.