West Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1998. Lodge.
West Lodge
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 November 1998
- Type
- Lodge
- Address
- West Lodge, Ashton
- OS grid reference
- TL 061 883
- Coordinates
- 52.48296, -0.43812
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Lodge is a lodge cottage built between 1900 and 1901 by W Huckvale for Charles Rothschild. It is constructed from coursed squared stone and features a hipped thatch roof that forms a verandah on two sides, along with a central stone stack that has moulded ashlar quadruple flues. The building is designed in a Vernacular Revival style and is a single storey with an attic.
To the left, there is a canted polygonal bay window with leaded stone mullioned and transomed windows. A part-glazed plank door is located within the verandah to the right. Above this door is a wide eyebrow dormer that features a similar canted four-light window and panels of stonework on either side. The right side and rear of the lodge also have similar windows and doors.
West Lodge is part of a significant group of model estate buildings in Ashton, which were constructed by Charles Rothschild after he acquired the estate. It is similar in style to East End Lodge.
Local climate
West Lodge sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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