Description

SP 92 NE BATTLESDEN WATLING STREET (A5)
4/35 Battlesden Lodge
GV II
Entrance lodge to Battlesden House (now demolished). Part of work carried
out 1860-1868 by G H Stokes (advised by Sir Joseph Paxton) for Sir Edward
Page-Turner. Late C19 addition to rear. Free Gothic style. Red brick
with ashlar dressings. Slate roofs. Original structure small T-plan, of
one storey and attics, 2 and 3-light moulded mullion and transom windows,
with brick aprons and cornices of brick surmounted by ashlar. NW gable has
canted bay to ground floor. Porch within W angle. Moulded square-headed
opening has impost blocks and heavy keystone surmounted by engaged ball
finial. Moulded string course at first floor level to main elevations,
breaking forward around cornices of canted bay and porch. Stone coping to
gables and parapets. Variety of decorative stone finials to gables.
Chimney stacks have moulded stone cornices. Similar to Milton Lodge, Milton
Bryan (see item 12 / 60 ). D Bassett, "G H Stokes at Battlesden and Belle
Vue", Architectural History, vol 26, 1983, pp92-5. Beds, Record Office:
T18/36, lease of 1868.

Listing NGR: SP9575328270

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26431297

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  For the Record
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)