Description

ST GERMANS FORE STREET, (north side),
SX 35 NE
St Germans
7/99 (17/173) Town Lodge (formerly listed as the
23.1.68 Gatehouse, Port Eliot

GV II*

Lodge to Port Eliot. Circa 1840 with few later alterations. Greenstone ashlar with
limestone dressings, plinth, quoins and gateway. Slate roof behind embattled parapet.
Plan: pair of one-room plan lodges, linked by a gateway in limestone. Tudor Gothic
style.
Exterior: Each lodge is of 2 storeys, symmetrical. Ground floor has 3-light window
with cusped lights and square hood mould, band course, first floor embattled oriel
with 4 cusped lights and cornice. Central 4-centred arched moulded gateway with
quartrefoils in recessed spandrels, parapet with blind quartrefoil panels; panel with
arms, supporters and coronet of the Earls of St Germans. Stacks to outer sides of
lodges. Inner side to right has canted bay at ground floor, with 4 cusped lights and
panelled parapet, 4-panelled Gothic door to right with hood mould. First floor
string course and two 2-light windows with cusped lights and hood mould; embattled
parapet. Inner side to left as to right, with small single storey addition to right
with two 2-light casements with 2-centred arched heads and door with overlight;
cornice with one gargoyle. Small single storey addition to end with 2-light
casement with stone mullion and hood mould, embattled parapet. Outer side blind.
Interior: Not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX3586057753

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17534630

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)