Vale Lodge

SE 2860-2960 8/69 15.3.66

RIPLEY MAIN STREET (west side) Vale Lodge

GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Early-mid C19. Part of the estate village of Sir William Amcotts Ingilby. Coursed squared gritstone, grey slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 x 2 bays. In Gothick style. Plinth. 2 steps up to central 4 panel door, the upper 2 panels with trefoil heads; interlaced glazing bars to pointed overlight; pointed-arched door-head with a double chamfer decorated with flower-heads in relief; the chamfers terminating in shields with star motifs at impost level. All windows have pointed sashes with interlaced glazing bars; the arches of 2 pieces with star in relief at impost level as doorway. Square hoodmoulds to all openings. Moulded eaves cornice and shallow blocking course; hipped roof with 4 octagonal-flue corniced end stacks. Sir William's father, Sir John (d1815) was responsible for the rebuilding of the castle and coach-house ranges. Sir William used the flower motifs, Ingilby star, 2-piece lintels and window forms from the gatehouse pedestrian entrance and the windows of the north (coach-house) range of the Castle courtyard in the designs for several houses in the village: Castle Close is identical, Birchwood farmhouse and Horngarth only differ in the chimney positions and Star House was built to the same design.

Listing NGR: SE2845560637