Hill Lodge To Copse Hill And Adjoining Gatepiers With Abutting Walls

Hill Lodge to Copse Hill, built around 1878 by C.F. Hayward for H.A. Brassey, is a lodge situated alongside Copse Hill. It was constructed of rough-faced rubble with concrete tile roofs and coped verges on kneelers. The design incorporates a fanciful gable Jacobean style and has an asymmetrical plan. The lodge is 1½ storeys high. A piece of skirting and a bill-head discovered in the space below the attic floor are dated 1878 and signed by Troughton and Hayward of Bourton-on-the-Water. The entrance is arched, with a shaped gable supported by corbels set diagonally in the corner, bearing a motto within the gable. It features an angled bay window to the right and a two-storey gabled square bay to the left return, with a further gable to the left; a string course runs over the ground floor. Adjoining gatepiers are built of similar materials and have shaped capping with finials, accompanied by a short length of abutting walls.