History

Much altered and partly rebuilt early C19 lodge, probaly by H Repton. Subsequently converted to school use and now a private house.

Exterior

Single storey rubble front with open arcade and two storey rubble gabled cross range to right, rebuilt as indicated by uneven masonry at south-east corner and modern lintels. Tiled roof, plain bargeboards with pendant and finial; projecting boxed eaves, modern diagonally set brick chimney stack and 2 cylindrical ventilators.

Deeply chamfered 4-bay arcade with lean-to tiled roof (larger in original design and possibly went around 3 sides); right hand arch blocked and part glazed. Casement windows to back wall of arcade and 2 timber and glazed doors to right; a third boarded door to former cloakroom to left.
Assorted 2- and 3-light timber windows to cross range. 2 blocked pointed openings to north elevation; large Gothic glazed window to south elevation with Tudor hood mould. Later pitched roof to extension to west.

Sunken driveway on each side is flanked by coursed rubble revetment walls and 3 pairs of rubble gate piers with freestone copings.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29487881

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (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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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)