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SS9645 TOWNSEND ROAD
900-1/4/100 (West side)
28/10/76 No.18
The Kildare Lodge Inn
(Formerly Listed as:
TOWNSEND ROAD
(West side)
No.18
Kildare Lodge)

II*

House, now a hotel. 1903 by Barry Parker for Mr Corbett and Dr
Gordon Henry. Painted roughcast over brick or rubblestone,
plain tile roof with brick stack to centre of front slope,
ridge stack to the rear left wing and gable-end stack to the
right wing. U-shaped plan. Arts and Crafts style.
2 storeys; 2-window range. The steeply-pitched roof has deep
overhanging eaves which project at the sides and centre where
it forms a porch over a large stepped semicircular-arched
entrance. The half dormer between the centre and left
projection has 6-light leaded casement windows. To the right
there is a roofed archway, in which there is a dormer window
with hipped tile roof and roof cheeks, connecting to the
otherwise separate right wing. In the archway is a pair of
tall cast-iron gates. Most other windows are wood-mullioned
and transomed with leaded panes; to far left is a 2-storey
convex curved window reaching to the eaves. To the right of it
is a semi-elliptical recess in which a low 3-sided plinth to
the left supports similar but smaller windows with a seat to
the right. The left return has a weather-boarded gable to the
right over 2 tall windows similar to that at the front. The
rear has 2 projecting gables from the left wing all in keeping
with the rest of the design except for a flat-roofed extension
to the rear of the main building. The windows to the rear
wings reflect the general style.
INTERIOR: a complete and fine example of Parker's work, which
includes stairs to rear centre, now cased in, with stick
balusters, some wide and fretted, leading to a curved landing
with similar balusters. The dining room to the left is open to
the rafters, with a glazed balcony from the stairs, a large
recess containing an open fire with a cast-iron grate and
elaborate cupboards with ornamental copper hinges over the
lintel. To the rear are steps up to a smaller room with curved
planked doors. Mullions, etc, are carved in Art Nouveau style.
To the first floor are planked doors with small windows.
(Gray AS: Edwardian Architecture: a biographical dictionary:
London: 1985-: 277).

Listing NGR: SS9690745794

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Kildare Lodge Inn at Wikipedia
• The Kildare Lodge Inn official website
• Wikidata Q17556035

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)