Description

TQ 2499 POTTERS BAR WROTHAM PARK
Barnet

12/239 Bentley Heath Lodge

GV II

Lodge to Wrotham Park (q.v.). 1865 on datestone. For G. Byng, 2nd Earl
of Strafford, by S.S. Teulon. Rockfaced, snecked Portland stone with
ashlar dressings. Red brick stack. Green slate roof. 1 storey. Cruciform
on plan, but asymmetrically composed. Gabled entrance in angle of main
and cross blocks: a pointed arch in a chamfered surround, angle
buttresses and a coped gable parapet. Lancets with transoms to front.
All windows are leaded casements. Gabled cross block has relieving arch
over double lancet. In gable datestone with AD under a coronet, kneelers
and a ball finial pierced with quatrefoils - other windows and gables
are similarly detailed. Canted bay on left return has ovolo moulded
jambs. Intertwined S's in left gable. In rear angle of wing and main
block a stack set diagonally with 2 diagonal shafts with oversailing
courses and tumbled in brickwork. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ2492899502

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26469520

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