Lodges And Gate Piers, Yester House

John Adam, 1753-60. Identical pair of single storey classical

lodges, 1753-58, flanking giant piers and decorative iron

gates, wrought by Hillcoat of Newcastle, 1760, presumably

to John Adam's designs.

LODGES: red rubble sandstone with ashlar dressings, base and

eaves courses, rusticated quoins and moulded cornice;

rectangular plan. 3-bay elevation to the Avenue, each with

window; 2-bay return elevation towards drive, with window

to N bay and entrance gates and piers linking to S bay. 3-bay

S elevation to drive with doorway in open, consoled, pedimented

bay at centre; panelled door with small-pane fanlight and

blind oculus; window in each flanking bay.

12-pane glazing pattern in sash and case windows. Bell-cast,

grey slate, piend roof with lead flashings; corniced ashlar

stack at centre; slate hung, flat-roofed dormer addition.

PIERS: red sandstone ashlar pair of square section gatepiers,

towering to full-height of lodges; attached, coupled Doric

columns to each pier to The Avenue, semi-circular niche with

blank panel above to the drive; full entablature with deep

cornice and triglyph and metope frieze. Balustraded,

pedestrian gateways link piers with lodges.

GATES: ornate, gilded wrought-iron overthow with monogram and

coronet above 2-leaf wrought-iron gates and side panels.

Simpler wrought-iron gates in pedestrian gateways flanking

piers.

RAILINGS: wrought and cast-iron retaining railings, adjoined

to lodges, set on coped parapets.