High Lodges Of Aske Hall

NZ 10 SE ASKE B 6274 (west side)

10/15 High Lodges of Aske Hall

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Gateway, gates, screen walls and 2 lodges. c1847 and 1897. For the Earl of Zetland. Ashlar sandstone, stone slate roofs, wrought-iron gates. Screen walls: curving in plan, with interval pilasters with small obelisk finials and raised terminating piers with bases, vermiculated banding at coping level, cornices and blocking. Gateway: round arch with vermiculated keystone and interval voussoirs, the spandrels with wreaths with intertwined initials, flanked by paired Tuscan pilasters with vermiculated bands and lozenge panels on dado; brackets to cornice. Gates: decorated with scrollwork. Lodges: of matching design, the east lodge dated 1847, the west lodge 1897; L-shaped plan; single-storey with gable wing projecting from north end, 1:1 bays; in angle, flat-roofed porch with 2 round-arched sides; 3-light mullioned-and-transom window in architrave in each bay, with flanking paired Tuscan pilasters and dated shield above in gabled projection; north returns have cross windows, south returns have 3-light matching windows with blind shields above. C20 rear extensions not of special interest. The gates were made in celebration of the success of the racehorse Voltigeur, who won The Epsom Derby in 1850.

Listing NGR: NZ1812202522