West Lodge Including Gate And Quadrant Walls, Moncreiffe Estate

Mid to later 19th century. Well-detailed single storey, 2-bay Tudor Gothic Lodge, sited at W entrance to Moncreiffe Estate and originally marking principal entrance. Dwarf walls flank stone steps leading to fine buttressed stone porch with arcaded balustrade, square-plan transomed tripartite window overlooking drive, jerkinhead roof and prominent ashlar stack. Squared stugged ashlar with polished quoins and margins. Raised base course, voussoirs, raked cills, stone transoms and mullions, and chamfered arrises.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: principal entrance to N with advanced gabled bay at left and set-back boarded timber door with decorative ironwork hinges, latch and knocker to gabled porch in re-entrant angle to right. W (road) elevation with balustraded arch in porch at left and 4-light window in jerkinheaded bay to right.

Some multi-pane glazing pattern upper sashes over diamond pattern lower sashes and plate glass glazing, all in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Large coped and shaped ridge stack. Cast iron downpipes with decorative fixings.

INTERIOR: not seen 2009.

GATE AND QUADRANT WALLS: Gothic-arched pedestrian gateway at S of drive and low deeply crenelated quadrant walls with inset timber balustrade.