Pittville Lodge (Numbers 1 2 And 3) And Attached Railings

Pittville Lodge, now divided into three dwellings, was built around 1836-37 and subsequently altered. The building is stucco over brick with a concealed roof, and features a brick and stucco stack on the left side, a cast-iron balcony, and wrought-iron railings. It is arranged on two storeys with a basement, with three first-floor windows and a one-and-a-half-storey entrance bay on either side; a single-storey range is set back on the right. Stucco detailing includes rustication to the ground floor, a first-floor band, Doric pilasters at the ends and between windows, a crowning architrave, frieze, dentil cornice, and blocking course. First-floor windows have tooled architraves. The windows are 6/6 sash windows, taller on the ground floor, in plain reveals with sills. The left entrance has a flight of renewed steps leading to double four-panel doors within a solid porch with a cornice and a 6/6 sash window to the right. The right entrance has a flight of roll-edged steps to double four-panel doors, set within a solid porch with paired Doric pilasters, a Greek key frieze, a dentil cornice, and a blocking course; a similar frieze, cornice, and blocking course are above. The interior was not inspected. A continuous balcony has a lozenge motif. The railings on either side of the steps on the right have embellished rods, while the rest have been renewed. The building was constructed as part of a development initiated by Joseph Pitt between 1825 and 1842, with overall layout designed by John Forbes. Originally named Pittville Lawn Villa, it was occupied by Col Michael White Lee until his death in 1847. The building forms part of a group of architecturally significant buildings along Pittville Lawn. It is noted as “excellently proportioned” by Verey.