Description

SJ 4161 EATON C.P. ECCLESTON APPROACH
(East of) Eaton Park

8/54 Garden Lodge, yard
walls and attached
storeshed and domestic
offices

II

Lodge, 1881-3, by Alfred Waterhouse for 1st Duke of Westminster.
Sandstone with roofs of shaped red tiles. 2 storeys. Complex shape.
Massive central chimney with 6 attached circular flues, in line.
Front and left gable have arched bargeboards on shaped brackets; right
gable simpler. Eaves have concave plaster panels. Ornate oak-framed
pentice porch with floor of patterned tiles; framed and boarded oak
door with ornate hinges and handle. Moulded stone and oak surrounds
and mullions to windows with finely executed patterned leaded glazing.
Square bay window of oak, left; hipped pentice over window at left
end. Lychgate doorway to yard under gabled roof. Outbuildings form
part of composition.
Interior: 6-panel doors with chamfered stiles and rails. Partly
enclosed dogleg stair with chamfered newel and good patterned
balustrade.
An opulently detailed lodge of fine materials and workmanship.

Listing NGR: SJ4156561155

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26615588

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)