This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.
BIRKENHEAD
SJ3089 PARK ROAD WEST 789-1/7/135 (North East side) 28/03/74 No.78 Castellated Lodge (Formerly Listed as: BIRKENHEAD PARK Entrance gateway consisting of Castellated Lodge and 5 gatepiers)
GV II
Lodge to Birkenhead Park. c1843-47. By Lewis Hornblower and John Robertson under the direction of Sir Joseph Paxton. Coursed and squared rubble with leaded roof. 2 storeys, asymmetrical plan comprised of a series of towers. Main tower advanced to left, with single storey flat roofed porch in angle, and 3-light mullioned and transomed window on each floor. Angle buttresses and embattled projecting parapet. Similar tower recessed to right, and octagonal tower to rear. Forms part of the original development of Birkenhead Park.
Listing NGR: SJ3004689236
This is part of the Series: IOE01/0489 IOE Records taken by Geoffrey Court; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England
© Dr Geoffrey Court. Source: Historic England Archive
This photograph was taken for the Images of England project
Photographer: Court, Geoffrey
Rights Holder: Court, Geoffrey
Lead, Rubble, Victorian Lodge, Domestic
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