Description

ROYAL GUNPOWDER FACTORY
TL3700
3/10009 The Lodge
(MOD Building No A221)
GV II

House, built as house for various senior officers at the Royal Gunpowder Factory. Early C19 (not shown on 1806 map). Flemish bond yellow brick with wide overhanging eaves to hipped Welsh slate roof and brick ridge stacks. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range. 2-storey double-depth plan with one-storey service wings to west, the south-west wing altered after 1859; NW wing heightened and extended to west, with later infill block linking it to SW wing. Symmetrical 3-window front : later central porch with plat band and gauged brick semi-circular arch over doorway. Gauged brick flat arches over 8/8-pane sashes; later C19 (1886-95) bay window with horned sashes to left. Similar bay window (before c1908) to left-hand return. Flat-roofed extension to rear. Interior: not inspected but known to include panelled doors, buffets in SE dining room and possibly reset dog-leg staircase with winders, stick balusters and turned newels. (RCHME report, 1993).

Listing NGR: TL3781300920

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614675

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990