Description

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SK 50 NE
5/42

BIRSTALL
LOUGHBOROUGH ROAD (West Side)
No. 424A (Goscote Lodge)

(Formerly listed as No. 424A, LOUGHBOROUGH ROAD)
II

Lodge to Goscote Hall. Probably mid C19. Coursed rusticated granite rubble
with Swithland slate roof. Picturesque gothick style. Single storey. Entrance
front has small coped gabled porch with a four centred archway with hoodmould
in each side with tudor roses etc. in the spandrels. Over the principal arch
a panel decorated with trefoils, and the inscription "Vive Vivatque". Inner
doorway also a four centred arch. 2 2-light stone mullioned windows left of
the entrance, arched lights in squared hoodmoulds. Single window inside gable
wall with blank shield above. Elevation to Loughborough Road has gable to left
with canted bay window with mullioned lights and blank traceried parapet. Above
it a single square light with ornate foiled pattern. Right hand bay is recessed
and contains a single 2-light mullion: arched lights beneath a squared hoodmould.
Wood bargeboards with vine scroll decoration, and finials. Large central stack:
3 shafts each differently and ornately decorated with snakes, fish scales etc.

Listing NGR: SK5911608863

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26472095

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)