Lodge And Gates, Woodville House

Early 19th century in present form, probably

incorporating earlier work. Castellated details

introduced in the early 19th century. Harled with

ashlar dressings. Symmetrical entrance front with

additional wing to left, single storey on raised

basement, with attic. Central deeply projecting

pedimented bay with windows on return elevation and

central door under castellated cornice at head of perron

stair, the retaining walls boldly stepped. 2 narrow

windows flank door; bracketed cornice and Venetian

window in pediment which is capped with a block and ball

finial. 2 narrow recessed bays with basement windows and

castellated parapets terminating in square, corbelled

and castellated turrets. 2 lower outer bays with some

altered glazing wing to left with single storey

additional bay with square, corbelled angle turret

supporting tall lantern Garden front: main block, 2

wide bays with 2 full storeys over raised basement.

Prominent canted bay windows rising from the basement

through the main floor. 2 single storey over basement

and attic, bays flanking with 3 additional bays to

right.

Modern projecting porch at basement level to left. All

walls with castellated parapets the main block with

angle turrets as on the front elevation. Central

block with piended platform roof, remaining roofs either

piended or gabled, all slated.

Large, semi-parabolic roofed conservatory against west

wall. Extensive walled garden.

Lodge and gatepiers: Single storey lodge, part with

attic in toy-castle manner. Asymmetrical, roughly

squared rubble with polished ashlar dressings.

Projecting bay with curved angles towards gateway with

V-plan ground floor, castellated bay and round-headed

pilastered window above with raised stepped and

segmental hood-mould above, set in crowstepped gable.

Door set in small, castellated, dr<> in re-entrant

angle to right; additional right bay. Ground floor

windows round-arched with barley-sugar colonnettes.

Crowstepped gables, roof with bands of fish-scale

slating. Drum gate piers in 3 stages, with castellated

set offs and parapets. Round-headed doors in bottom

stage.