Laxton Park Gates

Laxton Park Gates is a gatehouse that has been converted into two dwellings, built around 1824, likely based on designs from 1806 by Humphry Repton. The structure is made of squared coursed limestone with ashlar facades and features slate roofs.

At the center, there is a gate arch with a semi-circular head and a keystone, topped by a cornice and a stepped attic. On either side of the gate arch, there are square-headed pedestrian openings with moulded architraves and cornices above. The identical lodge houses are connected to the left and right of the gate arch by flanking walls. Each lodge has a one-unit plan that includes a kitchen and pantry.

The buildings are two stories high, featuring a single range of sash windows with glazing bars set in moulded stone architraves, each topped with triangular pediments. There are lateral ashlar stacks, and the flanking walls terminate with square piers, each containing 20th-century windows at ground level. Behind these walls are the kitchens and pantries for each lodge. The lodge on the left has a late 20th-century extension.

A chamfered plinth runs throughout the structure. The return walls of the lodge houses, which face the driveway, originally had a central doorway flanked by sash windows and blank recessed panels above; however, the doorway and one window have since been interchanged. The rear elevation of each lodge house features a blank, arch-headed recessed panel. The gate arch is adorned with iron gates made by John Parker of Knightsbridge. The interiors have not been inspected.