Listed Building: WEST LODGE AND ATTACHED GATEPIERS TO SOUTH (1161798)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 1923, 7, 35
Date assigned 26 March 1987
Date last amended

Description

In the entry for:- MORETON CUM ALCUMLOW CONGLETON ROAD SJ 85 NW 7/35 West Lodge - II The address shall be amended to read:- CONGLETON ROAD West lodge and attached gatepiers to south The following sentence shall be added to the description:- Gatepiers to south, octagonal on plinth with weathered caps over moulded cornice, surmounted by fleur de lis finials. MORETON CUM ALCUMLOW C.P. CONGLETON ROAD SJ 85 NW 7/35 West Lodge - II Gate lodge to Great Moreton Hall. c. 1841-3. By Edward Blore. Yellow sandstone ashlar with a C20 roof of cement tiles. Single storey. T-shaped plan. Entrance front: projecting gabled bay at right which has a canted bay with moulded plinth and three C20 lights to the centre and casements to the angles. Above is a brattished parapet behind which is a hipped roof of ashlar projecting up into the gable which has moulded kneelers and a moulded coping with a finial. To the apex of the gable is a canopied niche which contains the Ackers shield hanging from a stylised leather strap with buckle. To the left of this is a recessed portion and to the re-entrant angle is a gabled porch which has a panelled wooden door and a quatrefoil to the gable which has a moulded coping and a kneeler to left with a finial to the apex. Blank walling to left of this. To the juncture of the ridges is a chimney stack of ashlar with 4 octagonal chimney pots all with brattishing to the top. To the rear is a C20 extension with a flat roof. Listing NGR: SJ8314359966

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped features: #2184 ; #7491 ]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 8313 5996 (27m by 30m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ85NW
Civil Parish MORETON CUM ALCUMLOW, CONGLETON, CHESHIRE EAST

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Record last edited

Oct 1 2011 12:00AM