Description

SX 56 SW BICKLEIGH HIGHER PARK
5/11
Higher Lodge including
gatepiers, gates and
railings

II

Pair of gate lodges to Maristow Park.
Circa 1839 by Charles Fowler for Sir Ralph Lopes. Granite ashlar. Slate pyramidal
roofs with ball finials. Square on plan. Two storeys. Ground floor rusticated and
with very large keyblocks to window arch. First floor has large corner pilasters,
dentils to stone eaves cornice, small tripartite round-headed windows with diamond
panes. Each lodge has large granite porch with massive pilasters and entablature.
Small plain rendered chimneystacks over the corners at the front. Single-storey wings
on outer sides.
Including plain granite gatepiers to carriageway between with iron gates. Flanking
railings link gatepiers to the lodges.
Reference: Calvin, Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, pages 320 to 321.

Listing NGR: SX5036164026

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26401282

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