Listed Building: PORT LYMPNE NORTH LODGE, WALL AND GATE PIER (1061112)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1605, 3, 6
Date assigned 15 May 1986
Date last amended

Description

TR 13 NW LYMPNE ALDINGTON ROAD (South side) 3/6 Port Lympne; North Lodge, wall and gate-pier GV II Gate lodge. Circa 1912, probably by Sir Herbert Baker, for Sir Philip Sassoon. Red brick, with plain tile roof. 1½ storeys, on low brick plinth. Brickwork indented to corners to resemble rusticated quoins. Shaped, brick-coped gables. Central brick ridge stack with moulded cornice. Each gable end has one 2-light casement to each floor with moulded brick hoodmould, that to upper window shaped to suggest triangular pediment, that to lower horizontal. Elevation to drive has 2 two-light ground-floor casements with similar horizontal hoodmoulds. Central half-glazed door to drive in rectangular bolection-moulded stone architrave with keystone, and segmental pediment on consoles. Initials P.S. to gable ends. Wall with dipped top running south from east gable end to brick gate-pier with rusticated brick quoins and moulded brick plinth and cornice, surmounted by stone pineapple. Interior not inspected. See also Item 3/7. Listing NGR: TR1061035269

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Sources (1)

  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 1060 3526 (point)
Map sheet TR13NW
County KENT
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish LYMPNE, SHEPWAY, KENT

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Record last edited

Feb 6 2024 8:50AM