Lodge About 300 Yards North of Downton Castle
LODGE ABOUT 300 YARDS NORTH OF DOWNTON CASTLE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1082075
- Date first listed:
- 19-Feb-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Lodge About 300 Yards North of Downton Castle
- Statutory Address:
- LODGE ABOUT 300 YARDS NORTH OF DOWNTON CASTLE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1082075
- Date first listed:
- 19-Feb-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Lodge About 300 Yards North of Downton Castle
- Statutory Address 1:
- LODGE ABOUT 300 YARDS NORTH OF DOWNTON CASTLE
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:
- LODGE ABOUT 300 YARDS NORTH OF DOWNTON CASTLE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Leintwardine
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 44535 75092
Details
SO 47 NW LEINTWARDINE CP -
2/55 Lodge about 300 yards north of Downton Castle
GV II
Lodge. Circa 1861. Dressed sandstone and brick. Timber-frame with plaster infill. Tiled roof and stone stack. L-plan with arms to east and north. Cellar, one storey and attic. East elevation has gable front with 3-light casement to attic and canted bay window with two forward-facing lights to ground floor. Above the attic window is a brattished cambered collar and a row of three framed quatrefoils. Above the hipped roof of the bay window is another row of decorated timber-framed panels. The outer panels have quatrefoils with spurs; the inner ones have quadrant curves to each corner. Brackets at eaves level have carved wooden eagles. Beneath the brackets are corner posts with slender attached twisted shafts; Gable finial and pendant. Attached to left is a porch under a catslide roof which on its open south side has six panels with ogeed cinquefoiled heads and quatrefoil tracery. Each panel is divided by an iron bar with fleur-de-lys finial. Entry from porch into south wall has ledged door. South elevation has timber-framed oriel supported from corbel set in deep sandstone plinth and gable decoration in form ofsaltire crosses. Attached to west end is brick flat-roofed late C20 extension (not of special interest). Interior has pegged roof trusses with collars supproted by angle struts. Cellar contains bread oven, copper and stone sink. Attached to south side is parapet of Bridge (qv) over Stone Brook. Downton Castle (qv) is in Downton CP.
Listing NGR: SO4453575092
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 149521
- 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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