Description

WEST ASHTON A350 ST 85 NE (east side) 6/277 Castle Lodge GV II

Lodge to Rood Ashton House (q.v.), now detached house. Early C19 for Long family. Limestone ashlar, Welsh slate roof, stone stacks. Gothic fantasy to match Rood Ashton House. Two-storey and attic, 4-window. Central double doors in large chamfered Tudor-arched carriage entrance, leaded oriel to left and lancet to right. First floor has 2-light mullioned casement with hoodmould to left, lancet to right and 2-light mullioned casement to stepped gable over archway, heraldic Arms of Longs carved on three shields. Cylindrical turret to right corner with lancets and corbelled battlemented parapet. Square tower to left side with lancets and blind cross arrowlooop, corbelled battlemented parapet. Single and 2-storey bays to left with mullioned casements. This lodge may date from the 1836 alterations to the main house by Thomas Hopper and may have been designed by him.

Listing NGR: ST8811456604

External Links

• Wikidata Q26544649

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)