Lodge to Dimlands

The Lodge to Dimlands is a two-storey building constructed with roughly squared limestone rubble walls. It features castellated angle turrets and parapets supported by corbels. The walls are decorated with stone tablets and coats of arms that commemorate significant events in the history of the family associated with the now-demolished Dimlands House. The windows have square-headed openings with dripstones, and there are narrow turret openings with four-centred heads. The roofs are concealed behind the parapets.

On the road elevation, there is a three-light transomed window on the left side of the ground floor, accompanied by a single-light window on the right and two single-light windows on the first floor. A circular turret is located at the right or north-east end, featuring a tablet inscribed with 'Robert Nicholl/and/Elisabeth Carne/AD 1800', marking their marriage date. The polygonal turret on the left or south-west side has a stone tablet shaped like a scroll, displaying a coat-of-arms with the date 1404 and inscribed: 'This Tower was begun by John Deveureux Van Dod (?) Nicholl Carne Aust XII MDCCCLIV'.

The south-west or drive elevation includes two square-headed windows on the upper floor and a similar two-light window below. The polygonal tower at the northern end has single-light four-centred windows and a blocked doorway with an inserted window, which has a scroll tablet above inscribed: 'The first stone of this tower was laid by E? Stradling Nicholl Carne/August 1st 1854'. There is likely a Carne coat-of-arms above with the date 1336. The lower wing to the north features a doorway on the right and two-light windows above and below on the left. A modern flat-roofed wing is located at the rear on the north-east side.

A castellated stone boundary wall runs along the north-east or right side of the lodge, along with a castellated stone gate pier and wall at the south-west entrance to the drive.

The interior has not been inspected during the resurvey, but it is reported to contain a large stone staircase, similar to the one at Tresilian Summerhouse, which was apparently external at one time.