Escot Front Lodge
ESCOT FRONT LODGE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1098098
- Date first listed:
- 22-Feb-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Escot Front Lodge
- Statutory Address:
- ESCOT FRONT LODGE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1098098
- Date first listed:
- 22-Feb-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Escot Front Lodge
- Statutory Address 1:
- ESCOT FRONT LODGE
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:
- ESCOT FRONT LODGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- East Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Talaton
- National Grid Reference:
- SY0834397698
Details
SY 09 NE
6/162
22.2.55
TALATON
Escot Front Lodge
GV
II
Lodge to Escot (q.v.). Dated 1869. Flemish bond red brick with bands of black
brick and Hamstone ashlar detail; brick stacks and chimneyshafts; red tile roof
including bands of scallop-shaped tiles and has original ridge tiles.
Plan: T-plan building facing east onto the drive to Escot (q.v.). This front block
contains the main entrance hall to right (south) and the main living room/parlour to
left and it has a projecting gable-end stack. A 1-room plan service block projects
at right angles to rear right of centre and it has a gable-end stack. 2 storeys.
Tudor Gothic style.
Exterior: 1-window front. The doorway is to right, a Hamstone Tudor arch with
hoodmould. The doorway is behind an internal porch; it contains an original plank
door with ornate strap hinges. To left is a canted bay window with stone Tudor arch
headed lights containing casements with glazing bars. Above is a stone 2-light
gabled half dormer. The main roof is gable-ended with cusped bargeboards. The
right (south) end has a 2-light window to each floor, the lower one with a
hoodmould. The rear block has a leanto porch along it and this contains a Tudor
arch doorway. In the left end stack of the front block there is a date plaque
inscribed 1K, 1869. This side of the rear block has a 2-light window each floor,
the lower one with a hoodmould, the upper one a gabled half dormer.
Interior not inspected.
This pretty Victorian lodge stands by the entrance to the landscaped Escot Park.
Listing NGR: SY0834397698
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 86918
- 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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