Description

ILLOGAN COT ROAD
SW 64 SE
(west side)
5/194
Eastern Lodge
with associated gate piers

II
Entrance lodge to Tehidy Park. Probably 1790's, for Francis Basset Lord de
Dunstanville. Coursed killas rubble with granite quoins and dressings, thatched
roof. Octagonal plan with prominent porch. One and 1½ storeys, in Picturesque
style, with a very prominent 1½-storey porch which has a triangular arched outer
doorway with imposts, and a wider gable carried on 3 tiers of moulded corbels
and containing a small casement window of 2 arched lights with an emphatic
hoodmould, and a steeply-pitched roof projected from the main roof, with
prominent boarded verges under deep thatch. The inner doorway has a hoodmould,
the canted side walls have 2-light casements with similar hoodmoulds, and the
low thatched roof forms a deep canopy carried round, with a chimney at its
apex. Rear and interior not inspected. The gate piers forming a carriage gateway
and side gate at the entrance to the drive are granite ashlar monoliths of square
section with panelled fronts, square cornices and low pyramidal caps. The lodge
matches South Lodge, South Tehidy, in form and style (q.v.); both served Tehidy
House, Tehidy Park, home of the Basset family (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SW6589243852

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26596709

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Recommended Books

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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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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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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5