Description

GRINTON GRINTON
SE 09 NW
16/33 Grinton Lodge
- II
Former shooting lodge, now a Youth Hostel. c1800, much altered. For
James Fenten. Pebble-dashed rubble, stone slate roof. Buildings of
1, 2 and 3 storeys around a courtyard. Ashlar sandstone surrounds to
openings, classical and Gothick motifs, castellated rooflines. East
front: 2 storeys; canted bay of 3 windows on each floor, then 3 first
floor windows with round-headed openings and straight-headed sashes with
glazing bars, and 3-storey tower to right with stepped diagonal
buttresses. South elevation of 2 storeys, 9 irregular first floor
windows. On north, single storey range with three 2-light flat-faced
mullion windows with lintels carved with hood-mould. The approach is
from the west through a carriage entrance with segmental-arched head.
Inside courtyard, opposite carriage entrance is main baronial-style
doorway in single-storey porch. South range may have been coach houses
and stables. Interior: commmon room in canted bay with Adam style
fireplace. The building is a prominent feature in the landscape.

Listing NGR: SE0482697584

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Grinton Lodge at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5609546

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)