Description

SX56NE
1537/5/10014
01-SEP-00

MEAVY
BURRATOR RESERVOIR
Burrator Lodge

II

Reservoir lodge. Dated 1896. Rock-faced rusticated snecked granite. Slate roof with gabled ends with bargeboards and crested ridge tiles. Rusticated granite axial and lateral stacks.
PLAN T-shaped on plan with cross-wing on right [N], entrance/stairhall at centre and kitchen in the angle at the rear.
Victorian Gothic style.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2:3 window east front, right-hand 3 windows in projecting gabled and canted cross-wing, the verges of the gable supported on braces over the splays; granite tablet in gable inscribed 'Burrator Lodge 1896 Bond Mayor' and with coat of arms. First floor 2-light sashes with shouldered heads to the lights; ground floor mullion-transom windows and doorway to left of centre with 4-centred arch and hoodmould; continuous label over ground floor windows and doorway and rusticated stringcourse at first floor level. Battered plinth and steps with solid granite balustrades to front doorway. Similar windows in south gable end and on north side of cross-wing. At rear [W] 2-storey outshut in the angle.
INTERIOR largely intact and complete with original joinery, including panelled doors, cupboards and open-well staircase with turned balusters and newels with ball finials. Hall has rustic granite chimneypiece. Cimneypieces with bracketed shelves in other rooms. Moulded plaster ceiling cornices.

Listing NGR: SX5514368465

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26662390

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy