Lodge at West Entrance to School is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1983. Lodge.
Lodge at West Entrance to School
- WRENN ID
- veiled-shingle-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1983
- Type
- Lodge
- Address
- Lodge at West Entrance to School, Akeley
- OS grid reference
- SP 688 375
- Coordinates
- 52.0318, -0.99801
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lodge at the west entrance to the school, likely built in the 1860s by Devey, features an ironstone plinth with half-timbering above that includes whitewashed roughcast infill. It has a tiled roof adorned with ornamental bargeboards and finials, as well as an ironstone chimney, all designed in a Tudor style. The building is one storey high and faces the drive, showcasing two bays. On the left, there is a gabled projection with patterned timbering, and a canted bay window fitted with wooden casements. To the right, there is a paired casement window. At the center, a gabled porch connects to the main structure and displays a small wooden shield with the initials AI above a modern door. A modern extension made of whitewashed roughcast is located at the rear. The lodge is included for its stylistic and historic associations with the house.
Local climate
Lodge at West Entrance to School sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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