Description

SOWERBY BRIDGE ROCHDALE ROAD
SE 0422 and SE 0522
(west side) ,
Triangle
15/201 Nos 190 (Porter Lodge) and
No 192 with attached railings
and gate piers.
-
GV II

Pair of gate lodges with gateway to Field House. Dated '1749 rebuilt 1874'. Ashlar,
Welsh slate roofs, cast-iron railings. Single-storey, 3 x 1 bay lodges, gable-on
to road, flank gate piers with side railings linking them to lodges. Piers, square
in section, each have a plinth with moulded top, shaft with fluted band and festoon
frieze to each face, moulded cornice, urn on coved corniced fluted base and with
swags and flame finial. The railings have curved tops, spiked bars and urn-finialed
standards. The lodges, originally identical, each have to inner 3-bay elevation:
central pedimented bay set forward flanked by pilasters and having 4-panel door
with overlight in architrave with dated frieze and cornice; 4-pane sashes in similar
architraves; entablature with fluted frieze and dentil cornice; oculus in pediment
containing white glass with lion's head and flanked by leaf scrolls; hipped roof;
stepped dentil-corniced stack to rear of roadside bay and other end. Rear of each
lodge has central pediment with arched light flanked by square lights and with deep
moulded cornice. Roadside return of each has: plinth, raised central panel with
4-pane sash in architrave with frieze and cornice; entablature returned from inner
elevation and pediment with lion crest and motto 'Know Thyself'. The gate piers
are identical to those approximately 70 metres to east of Field House, Dean Lane
(qv).

Listing NGR: SE0472622600

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26600190

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Recommended Books

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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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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)