The Lodge, about 165 metres south-south-west of Montacute House is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. A Victorian Lodge.

The Lodge, about 165 metres south-south-west of Montacute House

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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Country
England
Date first listed
19 April 1961
Type
Lodge
Period
Victorian
Address
The Lodge, about 165 metres south-south-west of Montacute House, TA15 6XP
OS grid reference
ST 498 170
Coordinates
50.95033, -2.71577
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Lodge, located about 165 metres south-south-west of Montacute House, is a lodge that likely dates from the mid-19th century but may include elements from a 16th-century rebuild. It is constructed of ham stone ashlar and features an ogee-hipped main roof, with a vaulted roof to the south that has a Dutch gable and a stone chimney stack.

The building is two storeys high with an attic and has a two-bay east elevation. It has an eaves course with console bracket dentils and a quasi-battlemented parapet, which is adorned with obelisk corner finials. The second bay has a string course between the floors and an upper cill band. The upper bay one features a two-light hollow-chamfered mullioned window set in a wave-mould recess with a square label, while there is no window below it. The second bay projects and contains a composite five-light window, where the three central lights form a segmental-plan bay, and the upper window is transomed. All windows are diamond-leaded. The outer corners of the upper bay two are supported by small attached Tuscan columns beneath the obelisk finials.

In the angle between the bays, there is a porch designed in a 17th-century style, with a stone slab roof and an obelisk pinnacle on the front gable. The porch features a semi-circular arched doorway with a lozenge-mould impost and keystone, along with an arched label that has square stops. Inside, there is a cambered-arched doorway with Tudor rose spandrels, a boarded door, and a small matching light to the left in the east wall, as well as a plainer doorway in the south return. The south gable has a two-storey angled bay window with a configuration of 1+3+1 lights, transomed on both levels, topped with a hipped roof and a single attic light in the gable. There are also two simple two-light mullioned windows on the north side and a lean-to structure against the west side.

The Lodge serves as a fine complement to Montacute House and is built in a similar architectural style.

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