Description

BICTON C.P. A 458 (T) (south side)
SJ 41 SW
SJ 4415 1348
9/14 Shrewsbury Lodge
23.2.83
- II

Entrance lodge. Circa 1815-20, by Edward Haycock of Shrewsbury for John
Wingfield. Rendered brick with grey sandstone ashlar dressings. Slate
roof. Cruciform plan. In a Greek Revival style. One storey. Continuous
frieze and overhanging eaves. Central rendered square ridge stack with
moulded stone cornice. 1:3:1 bays; windows with stone cills (boarded at
time of survey - January 1987). Central 3-bay Doric portico with 2 columns
in antis (one column is in fragments on the ground nearby at the time of
survey), entablature and triangular pediment. Six-panelled door behind
portico. One-bay end walls, with single windows and triangular pedimented
gables. Interior not inspected. This was formerly the principal lodge to
Onslow Hall, also of c.1815-20 by Edward Haycock in a Greek Revival style,
and demolished c.1957. Formerly listed under Bicton Heath. The stable
block (q.v.), garden wall and attached dovecote survive. B.O.E. p. 222;
Colvin, p. 406.

Listing NGR: SJ4415313482

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26583436

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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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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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey