Description

LOWESTOFT

TM59SW PAKEFIELD STREET, Pakefield
914-1/3/108 (South East side)
03/10/77 No.101
Croydon Lodge

GV II

House. Mid C19. Rendered and colourwashed brick. Slate roofs.
The building consists of a main block and a service wing to
the north-east. South-west front faces the garden.
2 storeys in 3 bays, the centre bay broken forward under a
pediment. Rusticated quoins. The ground-floor centre has a
single-storey canted bay with French windows. One tripartite
sash right and left with plate glass and no glazing bars. A
deep moulded string course circuits the building at
first-floor level. One tripartite sash to the first floor
centre as before, flanked by a simple plate-glass sash either
side. Deep eaves cornice with rich modillions, which also
circumnavigates the main block, and continues into the
pediment. Hipped roof with 2 symmetrical gault brick stacks on
the front slope. The south-east return has a central
single-storey bay and details as before.
The entrance front, facing the road, is to the north-west. 2
bays with an elaborate door bay defined by rusticated quoins.
The 4-panelled door has glazed upper panels. Plain arched
fanlight. Round-arched doorcase with pilasters right and left
rising to scrolled brackets below a projecting entablature.
Blind window right. 2 plate-glass sashes to the first floor.
The first-floor and eaves cornices continue.
The service wing is of 2 bays in 2 storeys: one tripartite
sash to the ground, and 2 ordinary sashes to the first floor,
all with glazing bars. Gabled roof, hipped to north-east.
Ridge stack.
INTERIOR. Stick baluster staircase with ramped and wreathed
handrail. Plain marble fire surrounds in various rooms.

Listing NGR: TM5370190588

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26504825

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  For the Record