Description

SK 57 SE NORTON BUNKERS HILL LANE (North side)

8/125 Bunkers Hill Lodge and attached gateway.

G.V. II

Lodge. c.1860. Ashlar with slightly projecting quoins. Decorative tiled roof with 4 pairs of Tudor style ashlar stacks. Decorative bargeboards each with single finial and pendant. Set on a plinth. 2 storeys, 3 bays. The central bay projects on the first floor and is supported below on the cast iron columns of the arcaded porch, which has a single segmental central arch flanked by single pointed arches. Above is a cast iron modillion cornice. Central doorway with panelled door and chamfered stone surround. Flanked by single projecting windows each with tripartite stone transom and mullion glazing bar casement. Above are 3 similar, smaller casements. The central one with Tudor style hood mould. The outer 2 each break into the eaves and are gabled with bargeboard, finial and pendant. Both gables have a single similar bay and a single similar casement above. The rear corresponds to the front, the door however is double and part glazed with glazing bars. All windows have stone surrounds. Those on the first floor have feature voussoirs. Gates, screens, piers and wall. Dated 1873. Cast and wrought iron and ashlar. Double iron gate with decorative fret work and a band of the family shield running along the base, each shield dated 1873. Flanked by single hollow iron piers with decorative fret work topped with iron coping and the family crest. Further flanked by single iron screens, similarly decorated to the gate and half piers decorated as before, but without the crest. To the left is a single coped ashlar pier on a plinth with coped ashlar receding wall, also on a plinth. Running from pier onto wall is a decorative ashlar scroll.

Listing NGR: SK5692572477

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)