Description

WOLVERHAMPTON

SJ8900 THE ROCK, Tettenhall
895-1/9/146 (North side)
03/02/77 Avenue House Lodge and flanking
gates and gate piers
(Formerly Listed as:
THE ROCK, Tettenhall
Lodge of Avenue House)

GV II

Lodge to Avenue House (q.v.). c1840. Brick with stucco
dressings; hipped slate roof with plastered stacks. 2 storeys;
2-window range. Blue brick plinth; ashlar platt band over
ground floor. Segmental-headed windows have plain ashlar
surrounds with chamfered openings; windows to ground floor
have 9-pane sashes over recessed apron panels; 1st floor
windows have 6-pane sashes; cross-axial stack has round shafts
with cornices. Left return has one window to each floor with
gabled porch to right end; segmental-headed entrance has
6-panel door; rounded angle to left end. Right return has C20
porch to right end; window with tripartite horned sash above.
Paired gates to left and right have chamfered brick piers with
ashlar caps and ball finials; iron gates to left, board gates
to right. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ8896600134

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571398

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)