Pickards Lodge And Adjoining Gatepiers

Pickards Lodge and its adjoining gatepiers were built in 1848, likely designed by Lewis Vulliamy for Robert Stayner Holford as a lodge to Westonbirt House. Constructed of small-scale ashlar, the lodge has a stone slate roof with elaborate decorative bargeboards and four single polygonal flues linked by decorative stonework on the corners of a small square two-storey tower, featuring a corbel table. The lodge is in a "T" shape with a large projecting gable to the north. The northern gable has a central projecting section and arched corner brackets carrying an overhanging roof over cut-off corners, each with a single light. A sculptured coat of arms is positioned between these lights, and above them is a two-light stone mullion with a square hoodmould. A plank Tudor arch door is set back to the right. A small square bay with a gable projects towards the road on the left, set back from the main structure. The street facade features a single small, stone-framed light with a square hoodmould to the upper storey of the tower, with a carved initial “H” above. There are two single lights on the ground floor. A small central gable faces the south front. Two pairs of stone gatepiers flank a wooden carriage gate and flanking pedestrian gates, which are constructed in an “X” pattern with square, round-headed vertical panels, and stepped pyramidal caps with ball finials.