Description

TL 4113 HUNSDON HUNSDONBURY (west side)

8/23 North Lodge

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GV II

Lodge. Mid C19. Tall, single storey, polychrome brick Gothic gate lodge with red tiled very steep roof. T-shaped with wing projecting to W, having a canted mullioned bay window facing onto the drive, a small hipped gablet carried on cusped brackets and projecting rafter feet. White brick walling generally with deep chamfer to plinth and 2 bands of buff brick (at different levels in each wing). The N gable is half-hipped with a trefoil pierced gablet surmounted by a wrought iron finial on octagonal wooden base. Very deep bargeboard chamfered with flat ogee cusping. Tall 3-light mullioned window with deep gauged brick flat arch chamfered and stopped on its front edge. Heavy chamfered wooden frame. Lower diagonal set tiled porch in angle. Half-hipped with finial and very deep chamfered arched bargeboard with 4 small trefoil holes. Porch carried on heavy arched braces and moulded corbels at knee height. Flat 2-centred arched doorway, plank door and simple fishtailed hinge plate. 2 Portland stone steps and landing of black and red tiles. Porch now propped on chamfered posts. A striking Gothic polychrome brick and tile gate lodge of special architectural interest. Part of group with Hunsdonbury.

Listing NGR: TL4144713107

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)