Description

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SD 52 NE
1/100

CUERDEN,
WIGAN ROAD,
Stag Lodge to Cuerden Hall incorporating gateway

II

Gatepiers and gate lodge to Cuerden Hall, designed 1816-19 by Lewis Wyatt but built later. Ashlar. Very tall gate piers have demicolumns attached to front and rear faces, rusticated sides, and heavily moulded caps surmounted by pedestals originally bearing a stag (left) and hawk (right) in moulded stucco (now only parts remain); each side, a high flanking wall with moulded cornice, and rusticated pillar with ball finial; in each wall a 2-light window, that on the right false, that on the left the front window to the lodge. This is rectangular single storey with flat roof and one chimney in the centre; it has pilastered corners, a pilaster in centre of south side, moulded cornice; next to gate pier is a blocked former doorway with hoodmould; 2 windows in side, and 2 at end, all with 2 lights and a stone mullion. Rear wall has modern extension. (Lodge is as designed by Wyatt, but on opposite side of drive: drawings in RIBA Drawings Collection numbered 173, 174, 175).

Listing NGR: SD5625325078

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26644061

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)