Church Lodge With Railings To East And Gateway To North East

Church Lodge etc, Church Street. 12/204 9/204

Church Lodge etc, Church Street. 12/204 9/204

------------------------------------ ST4619 MARTOCK CP CHURCH STREET (West side)

12/204 Church Lodge, with railings to east and gateway to north-east 19.4.61

GV II

Semi-detached house. C18 and later, earlier origins. Ham stone ashlar; hipped Welsh slate roof; stone chimney stacks. 'L'-plan; 2 storeys, 3 bays. Plinth, end pilasters, band and eaves course; sash windows set in architraves, 12-pane below and 9-pane above. Entrance to rear, in north wall of rear wing, which may have C16/C17 origins; this is of 2 bays, with stone slate base courses to roof; to bay 2 a 4-light leaded mullioned window with beaded surrounds above and a composite sash window below; lower bay 1 has a semi-circular arched doorway with boarded door under cast iron fanlight. Interior of several periods, including mid C18 white and coloured marble fireplaces with wood overmantels throws; north-east room mostly c1800 in character, with fine ceiling frieze; in central lobby a recess with shaped shelves and triple keystoned architrave, possibly from elsewhere, now blocking former doorway into Church Lodge Cottage (q.v). Enclosing a small garden to the east are spearpoint rails set on low stone wall, with matching gate at north-east corner, then short wing walls to side of house with bell- hip caps set on blocks at ends, with good pair of C19 Regency pattern gates having ornamented middle rail, sweeps to tops and spearpoint rails, adding to the setting of the house.

Listing NGR: ST4617119176