Gate Piers And Railings, South Lodge With Gates, Manderston House

Mid 19th century (pre-1857), with later alterations and additions. Single storey lodge house adjacent to gates and gatepiers. Stugged squared and snecked sandstone with polished ashlar dressings. Base course.

SE ELEVATION: 2-bay. Round-arched window in bay to right. Bay to left advanced with bipartite round-arched window further advanced. Set back half-piended porch addition with round-arched panelled door to left (see SW elevation).

SW ELEVATION: 3-bay. Advanced porch to centre with narrow round-arched narrow window to SW door on return to SE. Round-arched window to each flanking bay.

NW ELEVATION: 2-bay. Round-arched window in bay to left. Bay to right advanced and bipartite round-arched window advanced further. Porch addition to SW set back to outer right with narrow round-arched window. Platform-roofed addition to outer left with panelled round-arched window to right.

NE ELEVATION: 2-bay. Window to each bay of platform-roofed addition.

Timber sash and case windows with gothic tracery to upper sash of broader windows. Slate piended roof with 2-shafted ashlar coped stack to apex.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1995.

GATES, GATEPIERS AND RAILINGS: ornate double gates to centre with gilt detail, flanked by rusticated square-plan ashlar gatepiers with base course, string course, entablature with ?crimped? coping and pyramidal caps. Quadrant dwarf walls either side with ornate cast-iron railings (gilt detailing) to square-plan rusticated gatepiers detailed as above.