Description

WITCHAMPTON
ST 90 NE WITCHAMPTON VILLAGE

4/135 The Lodge, and
entrance gateway and
gates to Crichel
House

GV II

Entrance gates to park, with attached lodge. Dated, on lodge, 1874.
Rock-faced ashlar walls, flat roofs with parapets, - some battlemented.
Gateway has a central section, with semi circular arch, flanked by 2 lower
sections, each with shouldered arches. Central section has battlemented
parapet, with turrets at each end. String course and corbel table at base of
parapet, with coat of arms above the arch, - this flanked by buttresses. Left
of this, the lower section forms entrance porch to lodge, with shouldered
arch, and battlemented parapet. Right of the main archway another lower
section, with shouldered arch, battlemented parapet, and projecting turret at
right end. Groined vault to main arch. Ornamental iron gates to all 3
openings. Lodge at left end, projects at right angles to gateway. Single
storey, with battlemented parapet. 3 stone mullioned windows with cast iron
lattice glazing. Later single storey addition at front, in matching
construction, with plain parapet.

Listing NGR: ST9927407105

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26448524

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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