Description

SOWTON SOWTON LANE (east side)
SX 99 SE
1/50 Court Lodge with gatepiers
- and gate
19.12.74
- II

Former lodge to Bishop's Court. 1834. Snecked limestone; gabled end slate roof.
Single-depth plan cottage, with 2 rooms, with an entrance lobby with large porch
set right of centre; central axial stack with C20 brick shaft. 1 1/2 storeys.
Front: (facing drive) : porch to right, gabled with wavy bargeboarding, with an
elliptical chamfered stone arch; to the left of this is a 2-light casement window with transom, and a separately gabled half dormer with traceried triangular head to the 2-light casement window. Left-hand end faces the road with a 2:4:2 pane canted bay, with single lancet window to gable wall; prominent bargeboarding. Right-hand end : 2-light casement window to gable wall, with hood mould; ground floor with canted bay, as to the other end. A C20 rear wing has been added, of 2 storeys, reconstituted stone to ground floor, slate-hung above. The associated gate piers, of limestone, square-section, with pyramidal caps, and the wooden gate, traceried, with fleur-de-lis to upper rail, are included in this listing.

Listing NGR: SX9771492628

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26458311

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House