Description

In the entry for:
KENTON SOUTH TOWN, Kenton
SX 98 SE

6/260 Kenton Lodge

GV II

the address shall be amended to read:
SOUTH TOWN, Kenton

Lodge about 600 metres SW
of Powderham Castle at
NGR 964 832

II

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KENTON SOUTH TOWN, Kenton
SX 98 SE

6/260 Kenton Lodge
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GV II

Lodge at Kenton entrance to Powderham Castle. Probably late C18 or early C19,
enlarged in the late C19. Red sandstone, the front block colourwashed and rendered;
red tiled roof gabled at ends with bands of fish scale tiles and crested ridge tiles;
red sandstone stacks with diagonally-set brick shafts. Plan: T plan with a rectangular block to the rear and a centre front wing; 3-sided at the front with a pretty semi-circular verandah round the front wing, which is probably the original building. Exterior: 2 storeys. Pretty and unusual symmetrical 1 window front elevation, 3-sided on the ground floor with a platband and gabled to the front, the gable tile-hung and oversailing the corners of the ground floor elevation on pairs of deep curly brackets. C19 flush panel front door; 2-light C19 windows to left and right with herringbone leaded panes, similar window in gable. The verandah, on chamfered timber posts has an ornamental red tiled roof and pitched stone path. On the right return (facing the road through South Town) the front block has a ground floor C20 window, the rear block, gable to the road has a 2-light first floor window and 1 ground floor 1-light window and a half-glazed door into the front block. Interior: Not inspected. An attractive lodge at the Kenton entrance to Powderham Castle.

Listing NGR: SX9644683144

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618678

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)