Description

LATHOM

SD40NE HALL LANE
663-1/5/62 (East side)
11/08/72 Preston Lodge North with attached
screen wall & gate
(Formerly Listed as:
HALL LANE
Preston Lodges Lathom Hall)

II

One of a pair of entrance lodges to Lathom Park, now private
dwelling (in separate ownership), with attached screen wall,
gate pier and gate. Probably late C18 or early C19; altered.
Sandstone ashlar with slate roof, cast-iron gate. Small square
lodge incorporated in straight screen wall with gate pier at
south end. The single-storey lodge, with moulded cornice and
pyramidal roof, has one 9-pane sashed window in the outer
wall; inside the screen wall, a similar window in the opposite
side, a small extension at the rear corner with a doorway, and
a small C20 greenhouse in the angle with the screen wall. The
screen wall terminates at a tall square gate pier with a
moulded cornice, carrying a large ornamental cast-iron gate.
Forms a functional pair with Preston Lodge South (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SD4553409760

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491163

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)