Description

COWES OLD ROAD, EAST COWES
SZ 59 NW
5/142 North Lodge
II
Former lodge, now house. Designed and built by John Nash between 1798 and 1802 as
a lodge to East Cowes Castle, his own house. Built of Isle of Wight limestone,
coursed rubble with tiled roof with alternately 4 courses of plain tiles to
1 of curved; clay ridge tiles and double brick clustered chimneystacks. 2
storeys 2 windows. Casement windows with leaded lights, retaining original
frames and latches and hinges of brass and copper. Right side dormer with
fretted bargeboards. Ground floor windows are square bays supports on wooden
bracket and have a tiled penticed hood above, almost the full width of the
building with coved overhang. Projecting central weather porch with arched
opening and fretted gable. C20 extension in matching materials to rear. Interior
retains an original late C18 cast iron hob grate. East Cowes Castle was demolished
in the 1960s and North lodge is now the only surviving building from the estate.

Listing NGR: SZ5076095782

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26518451

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)