Windsor Lodge and attached gateway, Compton Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. Lodge, gateway.
Windsor Lodge and attached gateway, Compton Castle
- WRENN ID
- patient-rotunda-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1961
- Type
- Lodge, gateway
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Windsor Lodge and an attached gateway were built around 1825 in the Gothick style. A south range was added in two phases during the early and late 20th century.
The lodge is constructed of Cary stone rubble with Doulting stone dressings, covered by a stone slate roof. The north part of the building takes the form of a three-sided tower with angled faces, flanked by circular turrets. A long, rectangular range was added to the south in the early and late 20th century.
The principal, north elevation is a two-and-a-half storey castellated tower with a tall, circular turret on either side. A stone plaque is set into the central face of the tower displaying a coat of arms, believed to be those of William Peake Mason, along with the motto 'facta non verba' ('deeds not words'). Leaded windows are centrally positioned on the first and second floors of each face of the tower, set within recessed openings with square hoodmoulds and label stops. The west elevation consists of two two-bay ranges in matching materials under a stone slate roof. The ground and first floors of the left-hand range contain two, two-light stone mullion windows with leaded lights, set within recessed openings with square hoodmoulds and label stops. The right-hand range is blind at ground-floor level with a single-light and two-light window to the first floor, again in recessed openings with square hoodmoulds and label stops. The rear elevations were not inspected in 2012. The interior was also not inspected.
Attached to the north end of the lodge is a 4-meter high wall with stone slate capping. It includes a setback buttress with offsets to the left-hand end and a moulded four-centred arched gateway containing a pair of timber, six-panel gates. To the right is a Tudor-arched pedestrian entrance with a 12-panelled door. A short length of stone wall continues to the north-west, ending in a low square pier with a ball finial.
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