The West Lodges Of Parham Park

The West Lodges of Parham Park are two small lodges located at the west entrance to the park. They date from the 18th century and are constructed of stone rubble with ashlar quoins, featuring dentilled wooden eaves cornices and hipped slate roofs. Although they appear to be single-storey buildings, they actually have two storeys, with two windows on each side.

On the east and west sides, there are round-headed sash windows with 18 panes each, set in rusticated stone architrave surrounds, and the glazing bars remain intact. The six lowest panes of these windows light the ground floor room and can be raised, while the six centre panes above are blacked-out and fixed. The six topmost panes form a lunette shape and light the first floor room; the two centre panes of these top windows open like casements.

On the inner side of the lodges, facing the drive, there are large round-headed rusticated archways that contain classical wooden doorways with pilasters, dentilled cornices, and six fielded panel doors set in arcading, which is currently colour-washed. The outer sides of the lodges extend into plain rectangular buildings that serve as flanking walls, each with one window and quoins at the outer ends.