This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.
WALSALL MB BIRMINGHAM ROAD SP 09 NW 7/6 Walsall (or Merrion's) Lodge (formerly listed 11.10.85 as Merrions Wood Lodge) - II Lodge to Great Barr Hall (qv). 1854. Attributed to George Gilbert Scott.
Rendered brick with some sandstone dressings and tile roof. Single storey.
Windows have trefoiled ogee lights. North-west front has gable at left.
Under this is a canted bay window with tile roof, with three lights to the front and one to each side. The stone gutter has carved figures at the corners. Above is a narrow opening with a sandstone band above. This is inscribed: "MDCCCLIIII". To the right the main part of the facade is of one bay with a 2-light window. To its left is a chimney. Coped gables.
Set back to the left is a wing with a gable facing north-east, towards the drive. This gable wall has a 3-light window. Chimney on left-hand wall.
To the right, in the angle with the front part of the lodge, is a single- storey gabled timber porch with carved bargeboards. An old photograph, taken before the building was rendered, shows polychrome brickwork in a diaper pattern. G G Scott was a personal friend of the (unrelated) Scott family of Great Barr Hall and is known to have carried out work on the estate.
Listing NGR: SP0391996060
This is part of the Series: IOE01/0765 IOE Records taken by Richard Fryer; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England
© Mr Richard Fryer. Source: Historic England Archive
This photograph was taken for the Images of England project
Photographer: Fryer, Richard
Rights Holder: Fryer, Richard
Brick, Render, Sandstone, Tile, Victorian Date Stone, Commemorative, Commemorative Stone, Commemorative Monument, Lodge, Domestic
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