Description

SX 4554 PLYMOUTH DEVONPORT PARK
Devonport
740-1/54/10010
Lower Lodge

II

Park lodge. 1858-9; by Alfred Norman; extended later C19 or early C20. Polychrome buff-coloured brick with blue brick dressings. Clay plain tile roof with tile-hung gable-ends with ornate pierced bargeboards and glazed tile friezes. Brick lateral stack with tall diagonally-set shafts.
PLAN: 2-room plan with central entrance, and single-storey service wing at rear.
Picturesque style.
EXTERIOR: 1 storey and attic. Symmetrical west front has central triangular arch doorway with glazed double doors, narrow side-lights and large gabled porch on slender brick piers, with ornate bargeboards, moulded soffit and glazed tile frieze with inscription. The deep eaves are supported on brackets, and the north and south gable ends are jettied out on moulded joist ends and brackets; under the gables there are small canted oriels on moulded corbels. North and south gables have friezes of glazed tiles. Single-storey brick service wing at rear [E].
INTERIOR not inspected.
SOURCE: Buildings of England, p.677.

Listing NGR: SX4572754919

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26660408

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