North Lodge, Castle Grant

East Lodge, Bridge and entrance arch 1863-4.

Baronial gate lodge of 2 storeys over raised casement with

projecting wing at S forming T-plan. Drum tower projects at

NW abutting railway track. Rubble, tooled ashlar dressings.

Entrance from railway track through moulded doorway in drum

tower; also via forestair masked by quadrant wall in S gable

of wing.

Pair windows break wallhead to N under crowstepped gablets;

similar fenestration at S flanking small stair turret

corbelled out at 1st floor. Continuous string course links

cills and hoodmoulds at 1st floor. Small dormer in drum tower

fishscale slating to bellcast conical roof terminating

with cast-iron weathervane.

8-pane glazing; crowstepped gables; coped end stacks; slate

roofs. Railway bridge: 1863-4, single span coursed rubble

railway bridge with tooled ashlar dressings. Ashlar skewed

arch ring; crenellated balustrade round terminal end buttress

piers with shallow circular caps; similar end piers.

Entrance arch: tall round-headed tooled ashlar granite

archway with shaped wallhead with flanking dummy crenellated

bartizans corbelled out each side. Centre coat of arms;

arch blinked to lodge by coped wall with doorway; further

length similar walling at S.