East Lodge to Thornbury Castle
EAST LODGE TO THORNBURY CASTLE, PARK ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1321107
- Date first listed:
- 21-Sept-1952
- List Entry Name:
- East Lodge to Thornbury Castle
- Statutory Address:
- EAST LODGE TO THORNBURY CASTLE, PARK ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1321107
- Date first listed:
- 21-Sept-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 10-Jul-2013
- List Entry Name:
- East Lodge to Thornbury Castle
- Statutory Address 1:
- EAST LODGE TO THORNBURY CASTLE, PARK 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:
- EAST LODGE TO THORNBURY CASTLE, PARK ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Thornbury
- National Grid Reference:
- ST6347990662
Summary
A mid-C19 lodge to Thornbury Castle.
Reasons for Designation
East Lodge to Thornbury Castle, constructed in c.1855, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons.
* Architectural: a confident, and suitably modest, Tudor Gothic design.
* Historical: links to the Howard Family of Thornbury Castle give added interest;
* Location and Setting: at the rear entrance to Thornbury castle, East Lodge provides a fitting part of the historical ensemble.
History
The construction of Thornbury Castle was begun in 1511, on the site of a mediaeval manor house, by Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham. This fortified Tudor country house was never completed as the Duke was beheaded by Henry VIII in 1521, and the castle fell into disrepair following the English Civil War. The Howard family, the subsequent owners, renovated it in the early-C19, and in circa 1855 they built the East Lodge. The lodge has remained largely unaltered since this time, although the rear outbuildings have been refurbished in the C20 and there has been some infill development.
Details
An entrance lodge with attached outbuildings, built in circa 1855.
MATERIALS: rubble limestone with ashlar dressings, under a clay tile roof with limestone and red brick stacks. The interior has stone fireplaces, a stone stair and timber window shutters.
PLAN: the building is L-plan, with attached outbuildings to the east.
EXTERIOR: the lodge is single-storey with an attic floor, and has Tudor Gothic detailing, including single and two-light, four-centred arch-headed casements under hood moulds and stone relieving arches. The road (south) elevation faces the carriageway (east) and is three bays wide. The left range projects towards the road with a gable end under coped verges and kneelers. There is a central plank door under a four-centred arch head. To the right are single light openings. The corner of the elevation is canted with a carved stone corbel with a single-light opening below (qv. West Lodge, Thornbury Castle). The east gable end has a two-light casement to each floor with ashlar diamond stacks on the north roof slope behind. The west elevation has a gable end to the left and a central, lateral stack in stone and red brick. A range of single-storey stone outbuildings extend to the west, with modern roofing, and which abut the walls to Thornbury Castle.
INTERIOR: a central stone stair is in situ, however, an internal inspection was not made.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 34996
- 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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