Grand Lodge

This is a two-story Tudor-Gothic style lodge, likely dating from the 18th century. It is centrally composed of a gatehouse, flanked to the west by a low tower and to the east by a link range and a tall, slender tower. The gatehouse is rectangular in plan, while the towers are octagonal and project forward into the parkland. Rubble masonry walls form the boundary to the park. The towers and parapets are embattled with machicolations. The north side of the building is rendered. A large stack, set diagonally and with central vertical recesses, rises from the northwest side of the western tower. A central gateway is set under a Tudor arch with sandstone dressings, containing low, boarded double doors. To the east, through the link range, is a smaller postern gate under a similar Tudor arch with a relieving arch and a wood-boarded door; the east jamb has been rebuilt in concrete.

The south front wall features a recessed panel above the gateway and below a trefoiled lancet window. The central crenellation to the parapet is larger than the flanking crenellations and incorporates a pierced cross. The western tower has a boarded door on its east side under a segmental head with voussoirs. To the front of this door, a window has been blocked with concrete, also under a similar head. A first-floor window above features two round-headed lights with a hoodmould under a relieving arch. At the same level on the southeast face, a lancet window is blocked with wood. A lancet window is located above the postern gate to the east. The narrow eastern tower has a boarded door under a relieving arch leading to the west side, and a lancet window to the front at first-floor level.

The north side of the gatehouse has a trefoiled lancet window above the gates and a higher central crenellation with a segmental-headed opening. The western tower has a two-light window on the first floor, mirroring the front elevation. A similar three-light window is found on the ground floor, and has been infilled with breeze blocks. In the angle of this tower and the adjoining wall is a ruined lean-to structure, probably formerly used as toilets, which has a slate roof and segmental arched openings. The eastern tower features a lancet window on the first floor and a planked opening below.

Access is only available to the eastern tower, which contains a fireplace with an iron grate set against the east side; the brick reveals suggest this fireplace is a later addition, as there is no visible external stack.