Description

NZ 01 SE ROKEBY ROKEBY PARK

6/154 West Lodge and Entrance Screen 12.1.67 (formerly listed as Entrance Lodge and gate piers to Rokeby Hall)

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Gate lodge and entrance screen. Early C19, for J.B.S. Morritt. Ashlar except for squared stone left return of lodge; Lakeland slate roof; gates cast and wrought iron. Greek Revival style.

l-storey,l-bay lodge. Eaves cornice on block corbels.: Shallow distyle-in- antis Doric porch enclosing fielded-panel door in panelled stone surround. Low pyramid roof with small banded stack at apex. Right return shows broad recess with 9-pane sash window in panelled surround; left return shows 16-pane sash in stone surround.

Gate piers have moulded bases and Greek key friezes, and carry seated stone sphinxes. Dwarf quadrant walls with gabled coping, carrying railings with moulded spike finials, join similar end piers. Double gates with scroll- topped stiles, plain bars and dogbars, and crossed diagonals below mid-rail. Short length of railing with similar single gate, to right of outer pier, links to lodge.

Historical note: The artist J.S. Cotman mentions in a letter that he had made suggestions to Mr. Morritt about the lodges, which Morritt intended to take (Holcomb, 'John Sell Cotman in the Cholmeley Archive', North Yorks County Record Office publication No. 22, 1980).

Listing NGR: NZ0797714133

External Links

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