Description

RUSHTON
SP88SW DESBOROUGH ROAD
1337-0/4/245 East Lodges and gateway to Rushton
Hall
II
Lodges and gateway. Early C19. Lodges of ironstone ashlar with
limestone dressings, slate roofs, hipped to rear and moulded
stone ridge and end stacks. Gatepiers of limestone ashlar with
iron gatesand railings. Gothic Revival. Pair of identical
one-storey lodges, each 3 x 3 bays, divided by pilasters.
Elevations to drive each have central recessed entrance, with
plain board door, in arch of 5 orders each carried on a
column. 2-light sash windows with arched heads to each light,
hood-moulds and leaded glazing, to either side. Gothic frieze
corner pinnacles and full-width pediment with central
traceried roundel flanked by taller pinnacles. Street
elevations have similar window of one light, 2-lights and one
light in each case. 4 Gothic-traceried gatepiers, the outer 2
with plain caps (perhaps replacements?), the inner 2 with
traceried cove and caps with crockets and finials. Gates
plain, with dog bars. Interiors not inspected.

Listing NGR: SP8394282737

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26486941

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)