North And South Lodges With Attached Walls And Gatepiers

LANDFORD LANDFORD WOOD SU 22 SE (west end) 8/149 North and South Lodges with attached walls and gatepiers

GV II

Pair of lodges with attached walls and gate piers between. 1912-14 by Darcy Braddell for the First Lord Melchet. Flemish bond brick, using small-sized bricks, pyramidal tiled roofs, central brick stack. Square lodges. Single storey and attic, 2 windows. North Lodge has central planked door with large decorative L-hinges, elliptical-arched stone doorcase; to right is circular window, to left is cross window. Moulded stone cornice at eaves. Attic has two segmental headed dormers with 2-light casements. Left return has canted bay and two small lights, one centrally-placed stone dormer to attic with segmental pediment and scrolled decorative cast-iron rainwater heads. Right return has 3-light mullioned and transomed window and one segmental-headed dormer. Rear has one 2- light mullioned and transomed window and two segmental-headed dormers. All casements have leaded panes. South Lodge is mirror of North Lodge, the entrance fronts facing across the drive. Interiors not inspected. Large brick gate piers have moulded stone capping with large ball finials, attached walls have plain stone coping. A well-balanced composition, good details which are unaltered. Darcy Braddell worked for the First Lord Melchet at Melchet Park, Sherfield English parish, Hampshire. (N. Pevsner and D. Lloyd Buildings of England: Hampshire, 1967)

Listing NGR: SU2584421291