Description

STANNINGTON BLAGDON
NZ 27 NW
8/86 South Lodges,
gate screen
27.8.52
and gates
II*
GV
Gate Lodges, screen and gates. 1786-1787 by James Wyatt. Tooled ashlar;
Lakeland slate roofs; cast iron. Pair of octagonal lodges with plinth, freize,
moulded cornice and tall blocking course with carved festoons; central domed
recess and 12-pane sash windows in adjacent faces. Pyramidal roof with central
octagonal stepped-and-corniced stack. Lodges linked to gatepiers by 3-bay
Roman Doric screen closed by railings with spike finials. Broad piers with
domed recesses carry carved bulls, painted white. Double gates with downswept
tops, upcurved rail and lower rail of linked circles, and spike finials.

Each lodge has flush-panelled door on internal face; C20 3-bay cottage in
similar style attached to east lodge.

Listing NGR: NZ2253676290

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17546864

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)