Description

BUCKINGHAM

SP6934 STOWE AVENUE
879-1/5/144 (East side)
03/04/73 Buckingham Lodges; East Lodge
(Formerly Listed as:
STOWE AVENUE
Stowe Lodge West and Stowe Lodge
East)

GV II

Lodge. Built before 1809. Coursed squared limestone with
limestone ashlar and Coade stone dressings, and sloping copper
roof concealed by balustrades. 2-unit plan.
1-storey, 2-window range. Entrance side to south has central
6-panel door with flat-arched head and straight stone hood on
curved stone brackets. 12-pane sash windows either side with
stone sills and flat-arched heads. Rectangular recessed
ornamental panels above door and windows, the former of Coade
stone with scallop shell and stylized foliage, those over
windows of cast lead, painted, with relief of the Triumph of
Venus.
Plinth and giant pilasters to angles with frostwork panels to
front, sunk panels to sides. Deep, bracketed cornice and
balustraded parapet extending round 3 sides of lodge.
Balustrade is interrupted by central, rectangular pier with
recessed Coade stone panel bearing relief of urn flanked by
gryphons facing inwards. Panel is flanked by 2 small red
terracotta paterae, one above the other. Square pedestals to
each corner of balustrade with similar larger paterae.
Circular classical altars to pedestals stamped COADE & SEELY
LAMBETH, at least 2 of which are chimney flues.
Left side elevation of lodge has blank round-headed arch and
sunk panel above of cast lead, painted, with the Triumph of
Neptune.
Rear elevation has similar composition to entrance side, but
with central, shell-headed niche, one blank window and
different Coade stone panel to centre of balustrade with
acanthus and anthemion. C20 single-storey extension to right.
Formerly joined to West Lodge (qv) by timber rails and gate.
The lodges were built for the 1st Marquis of Buckingham and
stand at the head of the first slope of the great avenue
leading to Stowe from Buckingham.
(Gowing CN & Clark GB: Views of Stowe: 1983-: 5,7; PL 2).

Listing NGR: SP6916934197

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571614

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)