Diamond Lodge

BOURTON-ON-THE-HILL - SP 13 SE 4/26 Diamond Lodge; Sezincote Park 25.8.60 II* Lodge to Sezincote House. By S. P. Cockerell, c1805. Ashlar limestone, slate roof, brick chimney. Main body at right angles to road with wings of equal length attached at rear, the whole forming a T-shaped plan. Symmetrical facade with single gable at front. 2 storeys. 3-light bay window with 4-centred arched heads to each light and leaded panes with some coloured glass, to ground floor of front gable end. Moulded eaves coping with leaded roof above rising up to stone palmette in relief over bay. Circular window above with moulded architrave. Access to wings either side of gable end via 2 'V' plank doors. Fanlight over left-hand door. Gable end enclosed in Hindu/Mogul style lattice work with ogee cusped arches continued back over flagged paths to either side of gable end to form a short colonnade leading to doorways in wings. Cusped barge boards. Central stack. Interior retains old washing copper, shelved dairy and pantry, and small range.

Listing NGR: SP1759831644