Description

ST13NE OVER STOWEY CP

QUANTOCK SCHOOL

1/127 The Gatehouse to Quantock Lodge
with flanking quadrant walls
15.9.77
II

Gatehouse and flanking curtain walls; to Quantock Lodge, part of Quantock School. 1857 by Henry Clutton for Henry
Labouchere, the lst (and only) Lord Taunton. Snecked local stone, freestone dressings, eaves bands, banded tile roofs,
coped verges, crenellated returns (some merlons missing at time of re-survey January 1985), large floral finials (one
missing and one broken at time of re-survey), 2 tall polygonal stacks with moulded caps. Eccentric fusion of
neo-medieval styles. Single storey and attici entrance portion with front facing gable; broad segmental -headed
carriageway, to each side coupled angle buttresses with offsets; lesser inner archway in conforming style with narrower
pedestrian gateway; stone ribbing; oak gates with iron grilles. Gable face with 2 barred leaded windows flanking a
canopied achievement. Lodge to left, 2-light stone-mullioned window with drip and quatrefoil window with leaded lights.
Section of curved curtain wall to each side. An important roadside feature.

Listing NGR: ST1934737366

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26313193

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide