St Michael's Lodge

St Michael's Lodge is the entrance lodge for the former St Michael’s Free Home for Consumptives, designed by William Butterfield and built in 1878. The building is constructed from local rubble stone quarried in the Mendips, with Bath-stone dressing and half-timber cladding, all under a tile roof.

The lodge has an L-shaped footprint aligned east to west. On the west side, there is a canted bay featuring arched openings to the north and south, which were designed for pedestrian access to the estate. The south opening has been filled in to create a window. The west side also includes two single-light tracery-headed windows, and the original gate lever mechanism remains within this bay. The main house has a T-shaped plan, but all the windows in the house have been replaced with uPVC. The south elevation consists of a single bay flanked by clasping buttresses, with a short attached yard wall extending to the west. The north elevation showcases ashlar stone on the ground floor, with applied timber framing and a barge board featuring scroll brackets on the first floor. To the east, there is a two-storey wing that includes a hipped stairwell, and beyond that is a single-storey half-hipped former stable wing, now used as a garage. The east elevation has an enlarged garage door with a hay loft and applied timber framing above. The south return features a rear entrance and three arrow-slit openings, while the north side includes four trefoil vents. The tile roof is adorned with stone-clad stacks topped by hexagonal pots.

Inside, the rooms are arranged around a central corridor. The dog-leg staircase has a painted timber balustrade, and the surviving timber fire surrounds match the style of the main house.