Sherborne Lodge and Associated Gatepiers and Gates, Compton Castle

Sherborne Lodge is a lodge and associated gate piers and gates built around 1825 in the Gothick style. It is located on the Compton Castle estate. The lodge was extended to the rear in the late 19th century.

The building is constructed of Cary stone rubble with Doulting stone ashlar dressings. It has a roughly square footprint with a three-bay, convex, angled façade to the south-east, which is flanked by circular turrets. The building is set into a slope, with the principal elevation at the highest point and the ground falling away to the rear.

The two-storey principal elevation (south-east) features a string course and a castellated parapet, which is echoed by the turrets. The central entrance has a flat-roofed stone porch with angled offset buttresses and a pointed arched opening with hollowed reveals. The door is modern. Above the porch is a two-light chamfered mullion window with pointed heads and hollowed spandrels beneath a square hoodmould with label stops. To the outer bays, at ground and first-floor level, are two-light Y-traceried chamfered mullion windows with arched hoodmoulds with square label stops. A late 19th-century extension to the rear (north-west) rises to three stories and incorporates mid- to late-20th century windows, some possibly in inserted openings. The north-west elevation has a round-headed entrance with a plank door to the ground floor and two casement windows to the upper floors. The rear elevation (north-west) is rendered to the second floor. On the return to the left is a ground-floor doorway with a half-glazed door and a canopy, and a window above, both late 20th century replacements.

The interior was not inspected in 2012.

Attached to the right side of the lodge is a late 20th century castellated wall with vehicle and pedestrian entrances with timber doors; this wall is excluded from the listing. To the right of the wall are a pair of early 19th century circular stone gate piers and wrought-iron gates. The gate piers are constructed of Cary and Doulting stone and are approximately 600mm (2 feet) in diameter. They have a plain plinth set on a square base and a thin, moulded top with two rounded steps terminating in Gothick style crocketted finials. The wrought-iron gates have barbed spear-points to the bottom rails and scroll decoration.

The associated gate piers and gates were previously listed independently and that listing was removed on 1st December 2015.