THE LODGE (MINISTRY OF DEFENCE BUILDING NUMBER A221)

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1329391
Date first listed:
26-Nov-1993
Statutory Address:
THE LODGE (MINISTRY OF DEFENCE BUILDING NUMBER A221)

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Location

Statutory Address:
THE LODGE (MINISTRY OF DEFENCE BUILDING NUMBER A221)

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Essex
District:
Epping Forest (District Authority)
Parish:
Waltham Abbey
National Grid Reference:
TL 37813 00920

Details

ROYAL GUNPOWDER FACTORY TL3700 3/10009 The Lodge (MOD Building No A221) GV II

House, built as house for various senior officers at the Royal Gunpowder Factory. Early C19 (not shown on 1806 map). Flemish bond yellow brick with wide overhanging eaves to hipped Welsh slate roof and brick ridge stacks. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range. 2-storey double-depth plan with one-storey service wings to west, the south-west wing altered after 1859; NW wing heightened and extended to west, with later infill block linking it to SW wing. Symmetrical 3-window front : later central porch with plat band and gauged brick semi-circular arch over doorway. Gauged brick flat arches over 8/8-pane sashes; later C19 (1886-95) bay window with horned sashes to left. Similar bay window (before c1908) to left-hand return. Flat-roofed extension to rear. Interior: not inspected but known to include panelled doors, buffets in SE dining room and possibly reset dog-leg staircase with winders, stick balusters and turned newels. (RCHME report, 1993).

Listing NGR: TL3781300920

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
352180
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

Books and journals
The Royal Gunpowder Factory Waltham Abbey A Survey, (1994)

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

End of official listing

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Date: 01 Sep 2001
Reference: IOE01/03632/19
Rights: Copyright IoE Mr Alan Simpson. Source Historic England Archive
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