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Latitude: 55.6653 / 55°39'55"N
Longitude: -2.3785 / 2°22'42"W
OS Eastings: 376284
OS Northings: 641372
OS Grid: NT762413
Mapcode National: GBR C2TX.VZ
Mapcode Global: WH8XM.FVLS
Plus Code: 9C7VMJ8C+4H
Entry Name: East Lodge, Eccles House
Listing Name: 23 Eccles Main Street, East Lodge (Formerly to Eccles House) Including Gatepiers
Listing Date: 1 February 1999
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 392909
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45875
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200392909
Location: Eccles
County: Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward: Mid Berwickshire
Parish: Eccles
Traditional County: Berwickshire
Tagged with: Gatehouse
Earlier 19th century with later additions and alterations. Single storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan gate lodge with single storey, flat-roofed addition at rear. Whitewashed harl; painted margins. Overhanging timber bracketed eaves.
SW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: modern timber panelled door centred at ground; single windows in flanking bays.
SE (SIDE) ELEVATION: original house with single window off-set to right of centre; flat-roofed addition to right.
NE (REAR) ELEVATION: modern door and flanking windows in flat-roofed addition.
NW (SIDE) ELEVATION: original house with bipartite window at centre. Flat-roofed addition recessed to outer left.
Plate glass timber sash and case windows. Grey slate piended roof. Coped sandstone ridge stack at centre; single can.
INTERIOR: not seen 1998.
GATEPIERS: circular-plan, coursed cream sandstone piers flanking entrance; corniced, circular caps with surmounting urn-shaped finials. 2-leaf modern gates.
Built as a gate lodge to the nearby Eccles House - itself replaced in the late 19th century. A simple lodge which, despite a large rear addition, retains architectural interest - the associated gatepiers being particularly impressive. See separate list entries for Eccles House, its associated walled garden and the Lodge to the W.
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