Description

SE 35 SE LITTLE RIBSTON WETHERBY ROAD (east side, off)

2/23 Gate piers, railings, and pair of lodge houses at Ribston Lodge

GV II

Pair of lodges with linking railings to gate piers. Mid-late C18, possibly by John Carr. Wrought-iron railings. Ashlar, stone slate roofs to lodges. Lodges, single bay and square in plan. The entrances to the lodges are inward-facing and each has rusticated quoins to impost level of west facade. A central panelled door in an architrave with entablature and cornice flanked by wreaths in relief, above. Moulded eaves cornice; central corniced stack. West facade: each lodge has central round-headed window with glazing bars in a round-arched recess with moulded arch and band at impost level, rusticated jambs forming quoins below. Moulded cornice to pedimented gable. Railings link the west facade to the gate piers; the railings are approximately 2 metres high and are ramped-up to the piers, with arrow-head finials to bars and dogbars, and pendants to the upper and lower rails. Gate piers: of rusticated ashlar to cornice level, plain entablatures have wreaths in relief; shallow triangular pedimented copings surmounted by heraldic crests. The right-hand pier restored c1985. The group is similar to the Walshford Lodge at Ribston Hall (qv). Formerly listed under Great Ribston with Walshford parish.

Listing NGR: SE3944053601

External Links

• Wikidata Q26443171

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