Summary

Pair of lodges by Sir Edwin Lutyens 1930-32.

Description

Pair of lodges by Sir Edwin Lutyens 1930-32. Red brick panels with eaves courses, quoins and plinth up to cill level in Portland stone. Shallow ogee section pyramidal roof, plain tiles with bonnet hips and acorn finial. Single storey octagonal plan. Doors and windows in alternate faces. Doors have triangular pediment, pulvinated frieze and architrave. Coat of Arms on keystone. Windows have louvred shutters.

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 12/06/2015

History

The two lodges, which are by the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, are situated to the south-east of Runnymede Meadows.

Magna Carta, which means ‘Great Charter’, was sealed at Runnymede on 15th June 1215. This was an agreement between King John and his barons and clergy which, for the first time, made the monarch subject to the laws of the land. It also gave free men the right to justice and a fair trial. Over the subsequent 800 years it has influenced many constitutional documents including the United States’ Bill of Rights.

Runnymede today is a memorial landscape to the on-going struggle for democracy and liberty.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26658476

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)