Listed Building: GARDEN LODGE, YARD WALLS AND ATTACHED STORESHED AND DOMESTIC OFFICES (1330613)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 34, 8, 54
Date assigned 02 November 1983
Date last amended

Description

SJ 4161 EATON C.P. ECCLESTON APPROACH (East of) Eaton Park 8/54 Garden Lodge, yard walls and attached storeshed and domestic offices II Lodge, 1881-3, by Alfred Waterhouse for 1st Duke of Westminster. Sandstone with roofs of shaped red tiles. 2 storeys. Complex shape. Massive central chimney with 6 attached circular flues, in line. Front and left gable have arched bargeboards on shaped brackets; right gable simpler. Eaves have concave plaster panels. Ornate oak-framed pentice porch with floor of patterned tiles; framed and boarded oak door with ornate hinges and handle. Moulded stone and oak surrounds and mullions to windows with finely executed patterned leaded glazing. Square bay window of oak, left; hipped pentice over window at left end. Lychgate doorway to yard under gabled roof. Outbuildings form part of composition. Interior: 6-panel doors with chamfered stiles and rails. Partly enclosed dogleg stair with chamfered newel and good patterned balustrade. An opulently detailed lodge of fine materials and workmanship. Listing NGR: SJ4156561155

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 55250. [Mapped features: #4981 55250; #10285 55250]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 4156 6115 (11m by 17m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ46SW
Civil Parish EATON, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

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Record last edited

Oct 30 2009 12:00PM