Baslow Lodges Gates Piers And Railings At North Entrance To Chatsworth Park

PARISH OF BASLOW & BUBNELL CHESTERFIELD ROAD SK 27 SE 3/15 (South Side) 12.7.67 Baslow Lodges, Gates, Piers and Railings at North Entrance to Chatsworth Park II

Pair of lodges, gates, screen and piers, built at the north entrance to Chatsworth Park. c1839-42 by Jeffrey Wyatville for the Duke of Devonshire. Ashlar, the roofs hidden behind parapets. Wrought iron. Pair of lodges either side of the drive, forming a symmetrical composition. One and two storeys. Irregular cruciform plan. The east lodge has three bay north and south elevations. To the north the centre bay is advanced and has a glazing bar sash to each floor, flanked by paired pilasters. Similar treatment to the left hand bay. The right hand bay is the side of the deeply projecting single storey porch and again has a glazing bar sash and paired pilasters. Similar elevation to south. To the drive is a doorway with moulded surround and deeply bracketed hood, flanked by paired pilasters. The blind bay to the right has raised and fielded panels flanked by paired pilasters. Moulded first floor band, plain parapets or blocking course and balustraded parapets to porch and to centre part of the front range. Six circular fluted finials and stacks. The west lodge forms a mirror image. The two lodges are linked by wrought iron gates and screen, the centre pair of gates ramped and flanked by broad decorative pilasters with urns. Flanking the drive to the north are iron screens of fifteen bays, ramped at the north end and returning inwards to monumental ashlar piers which have sunk panels, flanked by pilasters and surmounted by caps with round arches forming cross 'tunnel vaults', each with a sunk panel and a relief of the Cavendish snake.

Listing NGR: SK2611672180