Description

TR 13 NW LYMPNE ALDINGTON ROAD
(South side)

3/6 Port Lympne; North
Lodge, wall and
gate-pier

GV II

Gate lodge. Circa 1912, probably by Sir Herbert Baker, for Sir Philip
Sassoon. Red brick, with plain tile roof. 1½ storeys, on low brick plinth.
Brickwork indented to corners to resemble rusticated quoins. Shaped,
brick-coped gables. Central brick ridge stack with moulded cornice. Each
gable end has one 2-light casement to each floor with moulded brick
hoodmould, that to upper window shaped to suggest triangular pediment, that
to lower horizontal. Elevation to drive has 2 two-light ground-floor
casements with similar horizontal hoodmoulds. Central half-glazed door to
drive in rectangular bolection-moulded stone architrave with keystone, and
segmental pediment on consoles. Initials P.S. to gable ends. Wall with
dipped top running south from east gable end to brick gate-pier with
rusticated brick quoins and moulded brick plinth and cornice, surmounted
by stone pineapple. Interior not inspected. See also Item 3/7.

Listing NGR: TR1061035269

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26314243

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)