Summary

A lodge, dated 1897 in Gothic style, built for Joseph Lucas of Foxhunt Manor.

Description

A lodge, dated 1897 in Gothic style, built for Joseph Lucas of Foxhunt Manor.

MATERIALS: brick with some tile-hanging to the gables, a plain-tiled roof interspersed with groups of five courses of curved tiles, terracotta ridge tiles, finials and plaque, wooden bargeboards and windows and brick chimneystacks.

PLAN: single-storeyed forming an irregular square with projections to the west, north and east.

EXTERIOR: the west or entrance front is L-shaped with a projecting gable at the south end with a terracotta plaque dated 1897 depicting a fox and three trees. There is a tiled weather hood supported on wooden brackets over the main entrance and a gable over the northern window.

The north side facing the road has a large projecting gable at the west end with a cambered casement and a three-light casement to the east.

INTERIOR: not inspected (2018).

History

The Lodge is dated 1897 and was built as the lodge to Foxhunt Manor. Foxhunt Manor was completed in 1898 for a builder and Congregational Minister, Joseph Lucas JP. The lodge may be by the same designer as the main house, possibly Frederick Reeve, a land agent from Halland.

Reasons for Listing

The Lodge, Foxhunt Manor, an entrance lodge to the main house, dated 1897, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

Architectural interest:

* in the same distinctive Jacobean style and materials as the main house, with terracotta detailing.

Group value:

* it forms part of a group of contemporary structures of the same date and style on the Foxhunt Estate.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q66479518

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)