Description

CASTLE ASHBY CASTLE ASHBY PARK
SP85NE
6/48 No.11 (South Lodge) and
attached railing, gatepiers
and gate

GV II

Lodge. c.1800 extended mid C19. Limestone ashlar, pyramidal slate roof, stone
lateral stacks. 2-unit plan. 2-storey, 3-window range. Main front faces drive
and has central panelled door in shallow porch with slender Tuscan columns and
entablature. 2-light casement windows to ground floor left and right with
segmental-arched head. Pointed arch-shaped windows to 1st floor with 2-light
casement windows. Plinth, pilaster strips to angles and defining bays, sill
bands and overhanging bracketed eaves. Large mid C19 Italianate-style extension
to rear. Also known as the Gardener's Cottage. Attached railing extends from
left corner of lodge to gate and gatepiers, with similar railing to other side
of gate. Wrought-iron railings with ornamented cresting and standards or low
stone-coped walls. Plain limestone ashlar gatepiers with moulded cornice and
ball finials; modern 5-bar timber gate. Interior: contains a fine mid C18
fireplace almost certainly from Easton Maudit House.

Listing NGR: SP8621558920

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26581921

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas