Description

CASTLE ASHBY CASTLE ASHBY PARK SP85NE 6/48 No.11 (South Lodge) and attached railing, gatepiers and gate

GV II

Lodge. c.1800 extended mid C19. Limestone ashlar, pyramidal slate roof, stone lateral stacks. 2-unit plan. 2-storey, 3-window range. Main front faces drive and has central panelled door in shallow porch with slender Tuscan columns and entablature. 2-light casement windows to ground floor left and right with segmental-arched head. Pointed arch-shaped windows to 1st floor with 2-light casement windows. Plinth, pilaster strips to angles and defining bays, sill bands and overhanging bracketed eaves. Large mid C19 Italianate-style extension to rear. Also known as the Gardener's Cottage. Attached railing extends from left corner of lodge to gate and gatepiers, with similar railing to other side of gate. Wrought-iron railings with ornamented cresting and standards or low stone-coped walls. Plain limestone ashlar gatepiers with moulded cornice and ball finials; modern 5-bar timber gate. Interior: contains a fine mid C18 fireplace almost certainly from Easton Maudit House.

Listing NGR: SP8621558920

External Links

• Wikidata Q26581921

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
• 
  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5