Description

LUDLOW

SO5174 CASTLE SQUARE
825-1/1/192 Castle Lodge and attached railings
15/04/54

GV II*

House. Probably C14-C15 with late C16/early C17
superstructure. Rubble; timber-frame and plaster; hipped slate
roof; brick stack to rear. 3-storeys; 4-window range: C16
moulded wood mullion and transom windows with casements and
small leaded lights. Later 2nd floor of 3 bays of
timber-framing, with moulded bressummer, on consoles with
stone corbels; mullioned windows with leaded lights. Entrance,
to right, has studded plank door in C14(?) pointed arch with,
to right, moulded wood mullion and transom window with leaded
lights and to left, large bay with wood transom, and further
mullion and transom window. Front to Mill Street has jettied
chevron braced 2nd floor; to right, C18 tiered canted bay with
mullion and transom leaded lights, those to ground floor
decorated; to left, blocked opening, and moulded wood mullion
and transom windows with leaded lights, to ground and 1st
floors. Right return of rubble, with windows to 1st and 2nd
floors. To Castle Square and Mill Street frontages, late C18
wrought-iron railings and gate, with urn-finials to posts, on
stone plinth. INTERIOR: imported C16-C19 panelling; decorative
plaster ceilings with pendants; fireplaces with fireback and
overmantel; panelling doors with architraves and entablatures.
(Ludlow Historical Research Group).

Listing NGR: SO5099074584

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Castle Lodge at Wikipedia
• Wikidata IDs Q17550748 Q5050175

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)