The Gate Lodge And 1 Parkhill Holdings, Gates Road

Late 18th century with later 20th century alterations. Castellated, Gothic archway with screen walls connecting pair of lodges at W approach to the former Castle Semple Estate with later additions to form residential dwellings. Droved ashlar with raised ashlar margins. Base course.

Tall, central carriage arch with paired panelled pilasters surmounted by obelisk finials; frieze, cornice. Flanking low pedestrian arch openings in screen walls.

Outer bays with slightly advanced pair of lodges with pointed-arch niches in re-entrant angles. W elevations with central window openings; pilastered jambs; finialled ogival mouldings, blocked quatrefoils above. Fluted and obelisk-pinnacled angle pilasters; castellated parapets.

N LODGE (1 PARKHILL HOLDINGS): single-storey and attic. S and E elevations with pointed-arch window openings. Large, later extension to N. Piended roof.

S LODGE (THE GATE LODGE): 2-storey. N elevation with pointed-arch window openings. Castellated. Later, large flat-roofed extension to S and E.

INTERIOR: (seen, 2011). Lodge to S with later interior. Lodge to N with altered, later room layout.

Later, non-traditional glazing to both lodges. Non-traditional roofing materials. Corniced square and circular-plan stacks.