Description

SD 51 NE CHORLEY SOUTHPORT ROAD

5/72 Ackhurst Lodge
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- II

Lodge to Astley Hall (q.v.) 1842. Box frame construction on plinth of
large stone blocks, with infil wattle-and-daub; but part at least of rear
range is rendered brick with applied timber; stone slate roof with brick
chimney at left gable and behind rear ridge. Roughly square plan, 3 bays,
with separately roofed parallel rear range. Two storeys. Black timber and
white panels, with bands of closely-spaced rails and short posts at 1st
floor and eaves levels; otherwise, angle bracing, arch bracing and
decorative panelling. In the centre, a 2-storey gabled porch with Tudor-
arched lintel to the entrance; ground floor has 2 large wooden cross
windows with diamond-lattice glazing, a smaller 2-light window at right
end of 1st floor, and various other windows all in similar style. Large
external chimney stack at left gable, with 2 flues disguised as 4 separated
by zigzag brickwork similar to chimney on west side of Astley Hall,
crenellated at the top.

Listing NGR: SD5694717929

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26328073

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)