Description

LANCASTER

SD46SE ALDCLIFFE ROAD, Aldcliffe
1685-1/1/331 (West side)
18/02/70 East Lodge to former Aldcliffe Hall

II

Lodge, now house. 1827, extended mid C20. For Edward Dawson of
Aldcliffe Hall (now demolished). Squared coursed sandstone
with ashlar dressings. Slate roof with coped gables and with
kneelers carrying spike finials. Elizabethan style.
One storey and 2 bays, extended in matching style by one bay
to the right. 2 pairs of octagonal chimneys on the ridge,
between the original bays and over the original right-hand
gable. On either side of the door, under a square-headed
dripstone, is a cross-window with splayed jambs,
hollow-chamfered timber mullions and transoms, and glazing
bars forming octagonal panes surrounded by 4 diamonds. The
doorway, under a recent wooden lean-to porch, also has splayed
jambs and what may be the original door. The left-hand gable
has a single cross-window under the datestone, which is
inscribed '1827' in raised lettering.

Listing NGR: SD4694160384

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26489567

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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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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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)