Description

HELMINGHAM IPSWICH ROAD
TM 15 NE
4/99
No 161 (Front Lodge)
and screen wall to left

GV II

Lodge cottage, one of a pair at the entrance to the south east approach to
Helmingham Hall (known as Oak Walk). Probably c.1841 by Anthony Salvin, in
the Tudor Style. Red brick with diaper patterning in black headers.
Octagonal corner buttresses of red brick; a continuous moulded limestone
cornice at base of parapet. At the head of each buttress is a circular shaft
of carved brick and terracotta onion finials. Crowstepped parapet gables with
heavy corbelled finials matching those at corners. Plaintiled roofs; a pair
of chimneys of red brick with octagonal bases and circular flues of carved
brick. One storey and attics. Two large bay windows with stone mullions and
transomes, embattled parapets and leaded lights; in each gable is a similar 2-
light window lighting the attic. At the left hand end is a 5m length of
screen wall of red brick, embattled, with moulded copings of red brick.

Listing NGR: TM1894257405

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26284540

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6