Lower Lode Hotel

SO 83 SE FORTHAMPTON -

2/33 Lower Lode hotel II

Inn. C18 and C20. Red brick and C20 timber framing, red tile roof, brick stacks. Rectangular main body with outbuildings on right gable end, stables (now partly converted) set back on left linked to main body via C20 extension with timber-framed first floor. 2-storey main body with symmetrical 3-windowed facade. Two 2-storey projecting canted bays lit by 12-pane sashes with horns. Central C20 three-panelled door with fanlight flanked by a single light and 2-light casement both with horizontal glazing bars. Twelve-pane sash in flush surround with lugs at each corner above. Two-storey stable block, built in 2 phases. Ground floor lit by five 2-light casements with horizontal glazng bars, set in segmental-headed surrounds. Six-light casement to first floor. Wooden plaque upper left advertising a / One guinea reward for persons giving information towards the conviction of any offenders who destroy or damage any gate, stile, rails or fences or commit any tresspass on the Forthampton and Swinley Estate /. Upper floor of C20 infill between stables and main body timber- framed with two gabled dormers, ground floor glazed, with central part-glazed door. Brick dentil decoration at eaves of main body and stables. Projecting gable-end stacks to main body, blind round-headed recess with keystone and imposts towards top of left- hand chimney. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO8787831807