The Gate House and attached railings

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SK 24/2569-24/2570 7/123

PARISH OF EDENSOR Edensor The Gate House and attached railings

(Formerly listed as Castle Lodge and attached railings, THE GREEN (west side), previously listed as Lodge at Northern Entrance to Village)

12.7.67

GV II* Lodge. 1842 by John Robertson. Coursed squared sandstone with battlemented parapet. Plain and fishscale tile roofs. Irregular plan and elevation with octagonal north east tower.

One and two storeys. Three bay east elevation. Tower to right has a flight of steps up to a doorway with chamfered surround, hoodmould and studded doors. Flanked by round-arched window and blind round-arched windows. Casement window above in chamfered surround flanked by blind cross loop arrow slits. To the left a recessed bay with single light casement to ground floor, in chamfered surround with returned hoodmould. Blind windows above. To the left again a projecting bay like a keep. Diagonal buttresses with two set-offs, and corbelled angle turrets. Stepped parapet. Three-light casement window in chamfered surround with returned hoodmould, and three-light window above with round-arched heads to the lights. To the south a single light window, a projecting bay with two-light window and beyond, a castellated and turreted wall. To the north a Tudor-arched window with wooden Y-tracery, and three-light casement window above, with returned hoodmould. Low coped wall with iron railings attached and enclosing the front garden.

Built as part of the picturesque model village by Paxton for the Sixth Duke of Devonshire.

Listing NGR: SK2510870004