Lodge Farmhouse

Lodge Farmhouse is a 17th-century house located on the north side of Henley Road in Medmenham. The building is constructed of flint with narrow brick dressings and features an old tile roof. Its gables have moulded brick copings and kneelers, and there are external chimneys made of narrow brick with offset heads. The house has an L-plan layout, consisting of a main range that is two storeys high with an attic and two bays, along with a small rear wing that is one storey tall and includes a cellar and part of the staircase.

The south front of the farmhouse has barred wooden casements that were renewed in the 20th century, set within chamfered brick surrounds and topped with Tudor hoodmoulds. The ground and first floors feature cross windows, with the first-floor windows having been altered in the 20th century to lower their sills, making them formerly shorter 2-light windows. The attic has 2-light windows in tall gables, and there is a stone sundial to the left of the entrance.

To the right of the main structure is a 18th-century brick extension that is one storey tall with an attic, which includes a wide board door and 2-light barred wooden casements. The rear of the house has two attic gables and a projecting wing to the left that has a similar gable, single lights, and a wide door on the right side. The right bay features a chimney, a blocked ground floor window, and a cross window on the first floor.

Inside, the farmhouse boasts a large fireplace with a 4-centred chamfered arch in the right room on the ground floor, and a smaller fireplace with a similar arch in the left room. The partition walls are constructed with substantial timbering, and the interior includes stop-chamfered spine beams, old board doors, and a winder stair. The house is situated in an imposing position on a spur of a hill above the village. Notably, the architect Augustus Pugin is said to have been very impressed by the building and made careful studies of it.