South Lodge and Gates of Somerleyton
SOUTH LODGE AND GATES OF SOMERLEYTON, BLUNDESTON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1031953
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jan-1987
- List Entry Name:
- South Lodge and Gates of Somerleyton
- Statutory Address:
- SOUTH LODGE AND GATES OF SOMERLEYTON, BLUNDESTON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1031953
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jan-1987
- List Entry Name:
- South Lodge and Gates of Somerleyton
- Statutory Address 1:
- SOUTH LODGE AND GATES OF SOMERLEYTON, BLUNDESTON ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- SOUTH LODGE AND GATES OF SOMERLEYTON, BLUNDESTON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 49672 97005
Details
SOMERLEYTON BLUNDESTON ROAD TM 49 NE 1/30 South Lodge and Gates of Somerleyton Hall II Lodge and gateway to Somerleyton Hall (qv.4/50) Circa 1846 by John Thomas for Sir Morton Peto. Red brick with stone dressings. Slated roof, most of the slates of fishscale pattern. 1½ storeys. 4 projecting wings, each with a shaped gable. Casement windows; facing the road a 4-light canted bay window in stone. The wing facing the gateway projects only slightly and contains a 6-panel entrance door. Central axial stack with a cruciform group of flues. To the west are convex walls of brick and stone, about 2m high, with some pierced upper sections. Stone gate piers with pierced strapwork, each surmounted by an embellished coat of arms. Wrought iron gate.
Listing NGR: TM4967297005
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 282381
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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