Building record 15531/1 - Chorlton Lodge

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 1129963 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

House. Dated 1825. Brick, in Flemish bond with pale headers, rendered plinth, slate roof, tile ridge. 2 storeys, 3 bays, with 1 storey wings to each side and 2 storey wing at rear. Near flush sashes, those at 1st floor have glazing bars. Cills and splayed heads are rendered. Central doorcase has fluted pilasters supporting open pediment. Fanlight with decorative glazing bars is supported on cornice above door. Door has 6 recessed panels, of which upper two are glazed. Added porch. Plaque inscribed: 1825 L Vaughn. Side wings in similar style have hipped slate roofs. Right hand wing has one sash with glazing bars, left hand wing has one sash. Dog-tooth dentils below projecting eaves and in form of open pediments at gables. Rear wing has near flush sashes with glazing bars and decorated barge board. Interior: Single arch across hall has panelled pilasters and underside which has a central boss. Moulded cornices and fluted architraves with floral bosses at angles. Oak stair has replaced balusters and mahogony rail.

<2> Peter de Figueiredo (Independent Consultant), 2012, Chorlton Lodge, Chorlton Lane, Cuddington, Malpas: PPS5 Statement, R4571 (Client Report). SCH9170.

Chorlton Lodge is an early 19th century villa set in open countryside to the north-west of Malpas. Immediately north of the house is a stable building which was extended and adapted in the 20th century for housing livestock. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a number of rural villas or small country houses were constructed, without farms or estates. Chorlton Lodge is an example of this trend, and was built in 1825 for members of the Vaughan family who held property in Malpas and surroundings from the 13th century. According to the Tithe apportionments, in 1837 the property was in the ownership of Thomas Vaughan, and leased to Mrs Mathilda Cotton.

Whilst the stable block has a date of 1868 painted on an inside wall within the loft area, the building is probably contemporary with the house, which would have required stables when first erected. The Tithe Map of 1837 shows the house, together with the stables and another small building, possibly a coach house, enclosing the stable courtyard on the west side. Two drives lead to the house, one to the front door, and the other to the stables. The OS maps of 1875 and 1910 show little change, apart from the addition of minor outbuildings on the west side of the stables, and the extension of the stables at the east gable end. The coach house, which appears clearly on the Tithe map, but less distinctly on the OS maps, is recorded in photographs taken in the 1950s, but is no longer extant.

Chorlton Lodge is symmetrical in design, with a three bay main frontage of two storeys and two single storey side wings with hipped roofs. A porch was added in the late 19th century. The rear accommodates three storeys, and there is a two storey projecting wing at the centre. A single storey rear wing, slightly later than the main house, encloses the rear entrance yard. The house is relatively plain in character, and is built of brick set in a Flemish bond, with a dog tooth dentil band at eaves level which wraps around the gable ends to form open pediments. The sash windows at the rear have small panes, but those at the rear are single panes. The front doorway has a fanlight with decorative glazing bars, and the front door is panelled. A plaque is inscribed with the date 1825 and the name L Vaughn.