Port Gate-Lodges And Gates, Newbattle Abbey

These are an early 18th century pair of gate lodges and gates, forming part of the grounds of Newbattle Abbey. The lodges are two storeys high and square in plan, accompanied by gatepiers and linking quadrant colonnades. They are constructed of sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings, featuring raised and rusticated long and short quoins, and rusticated dressings to the main elevations, as well as base and eaves courses.

The North Lodge has a window to each storey on its west (front) elevation. A boundary wall runs to the left. It has a corniced wallhead, moulded doorway, rusticated gatepiers, replacement timber gates, and urns on top. The north elevation features a blocked window at ground floor level and a boarded window with bracketed sills on the first floor. The east elevation has a central doorway with a replacement timber door and a letterbox fanlight above. A boarded window is centered above the door on the first floor. The south elevation has a central window at ground floor level—potentially a former doorway—and a first-floor window, both with chamfered surrounds. A colonnade wall abuts the south elevation. The interior includes panelled shutters, a splayed doorway, and a fireplace.

The South Lodge's west (front) elevation has a central ground floor window, potentially a former doorway, and a first-floor window above. A later single-storey addition extends to the right, incorporating a mullioned window. An abutting sandstone rubble wall runs to the right, and a moulded, corniced wallhead is present. The north elevation has a central ground floor window – potentially a former doorway – with a reworked lintel and a first-floor window above. A colonnade wall abuts the north elevation. The east elevation includes a central window on each storey, and a later single-storey three-bay rubble addition to the left, featuring a plain timber door, fanlight, and two windows. The south elevation is largely obscured by the later addition, which has a partially rendered gable and a window to the right. The interior was not inspected in 1999.

The lodges have 12-pane timber sash and case windows, except for the 4-pane sash and case windows within the south lodge’s addition. They have corniced platform roofs, balustraded parapets, corner obelisks, and central urns (two of the obelisks on the north lodge were damaged). Corniced chimneys are present with ashlar surrounds and clay cans that break through the pediment on the north elevation of the north lodge and the south elevation of the south lodge. Decorative rainwater goods are in place, along with two lion head water spouts at the west and east elevations, and cast-iron hoppers with a Lothian sun crest and decoration on the east elevations.

The quadrant colonnades consist of one full and two half segmental columns with corniced bases and caps. Iron railings link the lodges to the gatepiers. Couchant lions sit on the frieze above the central columns, and the square, rusticated gatepiers are surmounted by large fluted urns with floral swag decoration (temporarily removed to the ground near the south lodge in 1999).