Description

NORTH NIBLEY STANCOMBE PARK
ST 7396
8/127 Lake Lodge
GV II

Former lodge, now small detached house. c1860 for Rev. David
Edwards. Coursed and squared marlstone; brick chimney bases with
tall limestone stacks; plain tile roof. Oriental Tudor style;
picturesque. Single-storey. Range has 2 projecting wings on
north west side. South west end continuous with marlstone
boundary wall: single small canted timber oriel with hipped roof
and moulded stone underside. Tall timber spike finial at end of
ridge; heavily sprocketed eaves giving oriental flavour; exposed
rafter ends. Small canted bay at end of each wing with hipped
roofs, one wing retaining timber spike finial. Three ridge-
mounted chimneys have brick dentil course to bases and tall
lozenge or spiral-patterned Tudor style chimney shafts with
brattished tops, some now replaced by plain pots. Blank rear wall
built into bank containing ice house (q.v.). Formerly one of 2
lodges on drives to Stancombe Park in Stinchcombe C P.
(B. Jones, Follies and Grottoes, 1974; and D. Verey,
Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979.)

Listing NGR: ST7381296852

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26505680

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)