Combe Lodge

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

ST 57 SW LONG ASHTON CLARKEN COMBE (north side)

4/127 Combe Lodge

II

Lodge. Probably c.1840's. Ashlar, mostly limestone but with sandstone turrets; roof concealed behind embattled parapets; moulded stringcourse. In a Perpendicular Gothic style. 2 storeys: 1:2:1 bays with 2-light windows which have cusped ogee heads and quatrefoils above. Central large 4-centred archway with quatrefoils in the spandrels. Between the bays and at the ends are polygonal projecting turrets, each with a 2-light cusped lancet window and blank quatrefoil and cross-loop windows; embattled parapets. Smyth, of Ashton Court (q.v.), armorial bearings to the centre. Panelled doors with 4-centre headed surrounds in the responds of the arch. Interior: one newel stone staircase and one winder stair with an elaborate cast-iron balustrade; room to right has a Gothic freestone fireplace with a 4-centred head.

Listing NGR: ST5485471494

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1880 IOE Records taken by Oliver Smart; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Oliver Smart. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project