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

• Castle Lodge at Wikipedia
• Wikidata IDs Q17550748 Q5050175

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)