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Edensor - Tudor Lodge

A house designed by Jeffrey Wyatville, and completed by Joseph Paxton in 1839, it is in close studded timber framing with brick infill on a chamfered sandstone plinth, and has a stone slate roof with decorative fretted bargeboards and finials. There are two storeys and an irregular T-shaped plan, including a cross-wing with a jettied upper storey. The doorway has a quoined surround and a lintel, and the windows are casements, some with mullions, and some in half-dormers.[1][39]

 

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PARISH OF EDENSOR

Tudor Lodge

 

(Formerly listed as Tudor Lodge, MAIN ROAD (south side))

 

12.7.67

 

GV

II*

House. 1837-39 by Jeffrey Wyatville, completed by Paxton. Brick, mostly laid in herringbone fashion, sandstone and timber framing. Gabled and hipped stone slate roof, the slates with cut-away corners. Two ashlar ridge stacks and one rising from the pitch of the roof. Decorative fretted bargeboards and finials. Chamfered stone plinth. Close studded timber framing with diagonal braces. Two storeys, irregular T-plan.

 

East elevation has gabled cross wing to left with jettied first floor on moulded brackets. The ground floor has a two-light canted bay window with timber mullions. Two-light timber mullioned window above. To the right, in the angle between the two ranges, is a single storey extruded bay with hipped roof and single light windows in each direction. Two-light gabled half dormer above. To the right a porch with single light window and gabled roof continuing over a two bay timber arcade on paired chamfered columns. Chamfered four-centred arches. Within the arcade is a doorway with plank door with elaborate iron hinges, and a two-light mullioned window. One single light gabled half dormer above, with pointed light.

 

South elevation has a similar two-light window and two similar windows in the gabled bay to left. West elevation has a projecting hipped roof bay, brick in its lower parts. Doorway with stone quoins and lintel. Two-light window and two single light windows to ground floor and a two-light gabled half dormer above.

 

North elevation has projecting arcade to left. Gabled bay has a two-light canted bay window with hipped roof, and a two-light window above. Angled single storey stone bay to right has a two-light bay window coming to a point. Most windows have diamond leaded lights. The design was illustrated in Loudon's Encyclopaedia (Design X).

 

Built as part of the picturesque model village by Paxton for the Sixth Duke of Devonshire.

 

Listing NGR: SK2501970102

 

britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101334736-tudor-lodge-edensor

 

historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/133473...

 

 

 

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