Castle Lodge And Stable Wing

Castle Lodge and Stable Wing is a house from the 18th century, which includes part of the curtain wall of the Bailey, embattled in the early 19th century. The building is constructed of flint with a rendered band below the embattled parapet and features plain tiled roofs with various irregular stacks. It has a U-shaped plan, with the south front forming the cross-stroke of the U. The embattled parapets are located to the right and in the center, with the right-hand section projecting slightly and having a higher parapet. The wall breaks and turns forward about two yards left of center before stopping completely; to the left, the house continues with flint walls and no parapet to the tiled roofs. There is a low single-storey recessed wing of one bay to the right. The fenestration is irregular, with two windows on both floors and double glazed doors to the left, which have a transom-light above.

The east front has two storeys and features three windows on the first floor, with a wide window on the ground floor to the right and a similar window to the left in a projecting single-storey block. There is a round-arched doorway in the center with a half-glazed door in a shallow projecting porch. A two-storey flint and brick stable wing projects to the north, featuring a carved stone crest facing east, which may be of French origin. Inside, there is a Neo-Jacobean staircase from around 1850, and the surgery waiting room has a Neo-Jacobean fire-surround made of wood with floriate carving. Castle Lodge was the home of Charles Dawson, the discoverer of 'Piltdown Man', during the early part of the 20th century.