Farmington Lodge

Farmington Lodge is a country house situated in Farmington village. Built in the mid-to-late 18th century, it was altered and enlarged in 1854 by David Brandon, with further alterations made in the 20th century. The main entrance front is constructed of coursed squared and dressed limestone, with the central three bays and outer three bays facing in ashlar. It is topped by a stone slate roof and ashlar stacks. The building has a rectangular plan, incorporating two storeys and an attic lit by dormers with leaded panes. The facade features a 3:3:3:3:3-window arrangement. The central portion of the entrance front is characterised by four attached giant Doric columns supporting an entablature with triglyphs and a triangular pediment. A double fielded 6-panel door is set within a semi-circular headed surround with a fanlight, and is accessed via a small 20th-century balcony with wrought ironwork balustrade. Eight-pane sashes with horns flank the columns, while six-pane sashes are located below. An insurance plaque is positioned towards the apex of the pediment. The majority of windows are eighteen-pane sashes with horns within plain architraves with keystones, with four-pane sashes with horns on the ground floor to the left. A 20th-century part-glazed door with a plain architrave and keystone is located to the right of the pedimented section. A band and parapet sits above the first-floor windows.

The garden front presents a 4:5:4-windowed facade, with the central block facing in ashlar and the outer blocks constructed of coursed squared and dressed limestone. Four-pane sashes are present in the central block, and plain architraves with moulded tops decorate the ground-floor windows. Corbels with foliate decoration are located below the sills and below the moulded frieze, with a narrow band at sill level. The first-floor windows are within moulded surrounds with corbels featuring decorative foliate carving, and are set below a moulded cornice and balustrade. A central sash also functions as a door within a Gibbs surround and is surmounted by a pulvinated frieze bearing a heraldic shield and the date 1854, culminating in a triangular pediment. Twelve-pane sashes are found within moulded surrounds to the first two bays of the ground floor of the right-hand wing, featuring flat-arched heads. Double-chamfered surrounds and flat-arched heads characterise the upper windows, while the ground-floor windows of the left-hand wing are similar. Above, the windows possess plain architraves and keystones. Axial and gable-end stacks are present.

Inside, an 18th-century staircase with a wreathed handrail, two balusters per tread, and one barley twist baluster per tread has had its position altered in the 20th century. The dining room features a plastered ceiling in the style of Robert Adam and a fine fireplace decorated with finely painted figural scenes; fluted friezes are over doorways. Only a partial interior inspection was possible.