Description

GATE LODGE: George Simpson, architect, 1887-8. Single storey lodge wirh S and E facing crowstepped gabled bays clasping centre drum tower porch. Bullfaced rubble, contrasting tooled and polished ashlar dressings. Recessed entrance in porch with shaped and moulded detailing to surrounds; double leaf panelled door; deep ashlar eaves band to tower with corbelled cornice and conical fish scale slated roof. Triangular canted window projects from centre of S facing gable; bipartite in centre of E gable; 2-pane glazing. Gable apex finials; slate roof with decorative red tile ridge.

GATEPIERS: curved planned, with central entrance flanked by circular bullfaced rubble piers, each with facetted cornices decorated with ball ornamentation and facetted pyramidal caps. Piers linked to similar end piers by low coped bullfaced quadrants with cast-iron railings. Pair of later cast-iron carriage gates.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17826144

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)