Description

ST GILES
SS 51 NW IN THE WOOD
7/195 South Lodge
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II

Former lodge to Stevenstone House. Circa 1870, built by the Honourable Mark George
Kerr Rolle. Local stone rubble with rock-faced sandstone ashlar quoins and ashlar
dressings; stone rubble stacks with diagonally set divided brick chimneyshafts; slate
roof.
Plan: T-plan house. The main block faces west onto the former drive. It has a 2-
room plan, one each side of the central entrance hall. These rooms have projecting
gable-end stacks. A slightly lower 1-room plan kitchen block projects at right
angles to rear of centre and it has a gable-end stack. 2 storeys.
Exterior: Symmetrical 2-window front in an eccentric Tudor style. Full height
central entrance bay breaks forward a little with a Tudor arch doorway containing a
C20 door and overlight behind an early C20 porch. Above is a small oculus window and
the top jetties out on a series of corbels. Its shouldered gable contains an engaged
stone pendant. The windows each side have chamfered reveals and contain C20
casements without glazing bars and the first floor windows are half dormers with
shouldered gables and break forward very slightly to give an oriel window effect.
Main roof is gable-ended with ashlar coping.
Interior: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS5281418325

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26612088

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)