Description

KINGSTEIGNTON
SX 87 NE
4/106 Fosterville Lodge

GV II

Lodge to Ugbrooke Park (q.v.). 1820s with late C20 rear addition. Local grey
limestone rubble with ashlar limestone dressings; hipped slate roof; central axial
stack with paired chimney shafts.
Probably a 2 room plan, projecting 5-sided porch at the centre of the front. Late C20
addition at rear.
Single-storey. 1:3:1 bay front, the centre 3 in a splay-fronted porch with a doorway
at the centre and a pyramidal roof. Plank front door in a doorway with a keystone.
2-light casements in the splayed sides of the porch have round-headed lights and
keystones; similar windows to left and right in the main block have spoke leading to
the glazing.
Interior not inspected.
Fosterville Lodge is different in character from the rustic thatched designs of
Smoothway, Clapperland and Ashwell Lodges, (q.v.). The building was formerly known
as Babcombe Lodge.

Listing NGR: SX8650576166

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26603677

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)