Description

LOW HILLS LANE 1. 5113 (East Side) Lindley No 30 (Gatehouse) SE 1118 20/40 II 2. 1890's. Architect: Edgar Wood. The gatehouse of a house projected and never built. Hammer-dressed stone. Pitched stone slate roof. 2 storeys. Front has 2-centred arch with moulded surrounds and hoodmould, jambs tapering outwards at base: ledged gates with iron art nouveau hinges and handle, wicket and 2 glazed panels with hoodmoulds of art nouveau design. 3-light stone mullioned window with chamfered mullions and surrounds above this, and above both flush-fronted stone gable of eccentric design. To north of gate are 2 small low lights with chamfered surrounds (one bipartite) and above them a mullion and transom cross. One-storey extension to north with single low square light. Front and back walls are continued south a few feet as a deep buttress. Inside archway is door with 4-centred head and moulded surround: ledged door with art nouveau panelling and handle. 3-light stone mullioned window over rear arch, with vertically scored raised panel from hoodmould tinning up to parapet. Tower with pyramidal roof to north of it, with 2-light stone mullioned windows. Shallow canted bay to north of that, with 3-light mullion and transom cross on 1st floor. One range of 2-light stone mullioned windows to north again. One 3-light stone mullioned window in the one-storey extension.

Listing NGR: SE1125018048

External Links

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