Description

MORETON CUM ALCUMLOW C.P. NEW ROAD
SJ 85 NW
7/41 East Lodge
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GV II

Gate lodge to Great Moreton Hall. Dated 1858. Coursed sandstone
rubble with ashlar dressings and a plain tile roof. Two storeys with
single storey wings. Drive front: central semi-octagonal bay window
having a projecting plinth with moulded top. Continuous band at the
level of the sills of the ground floor windows which are of 2 casement
lights to each face and have Tudor hood moulds. Above these is a
string-course dividing the ground from the first floor which has
single-light casement windows to each side with a gablet above each
face with decorated bargeboards. To the apex of the central gable is
an ashlar shield bearing the Ackers' arms and the date. To either
side of this are single storey wings with a single-light window to the
centre and a verandah with wooden posts of circular section supporting
hipped roofs. Two-flue chimney stack to centre of the ridge and
single-flue stacks at either side of this, all having richly moulded
Tudor flues of terra-cotta. The rear has a projecting C20 outshut to
the ground floor and a single-light window to the centre of the first
floor.

Listing NGR: SJ8450759633

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26615194

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