Description

WESTLEIGH
SS 42 NE
3/98 White Lodge
II

Former rectory, now private house. C17 core to rear, 1837 main front range.
Rendered stone and some cob. Hipped low-pitched slate roof with deep bracketted
eaves to front range, with rendered stacks to left end and 2 ridge stacks with
blind recessed panels to each facet. Gable-ended slate roofs to rear range with
moulded bargeboards; 2 ridge stacks and stone rubble stack at rear gable end.
Symmetrical plan to front range, 3 rooms in line with entrance from left side to
rear passage. C17 range extends to rear with 3 short gable-ended wings projeting
at right angles to left side.
Symmetrical garden front. Central canted bay window rising to 2 storeys with 2
blind window openings to sides flanking sash with margin glazing bars. Similar
sash to right, blind window opening to left, above two 12-paned sashes flanking
French windows to each facet of the canted bay with margin glazing bars. Entrance
side on left-hand return: 2 windows,left-hand advanced slightly with semi-circular
arched doorway with reeded arch. Vaulted inner porch roof. 6-panelled inner door
with fanlight. Gable ends of rear wings to left principally with C19 2-light
horizontal sliding sashes.
Interior: C19 joinery and fittings intact to front range. Some 2 panelled doors
survive to rear range and a fragment of C17 decorative plasterwork cornice with the
base of a fleur-de-lis motif above at head of secondary stairs. Roof structure
entirely C19 with king post trusses. In the garden is an upright section of a
granite pier, possibly from Westleigh Church, once used as a sundial.

Listing NGR: SS4773828345

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26457296

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