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HER Number MWB20107
Record Type Building
Name East Lodge, Wokefield Park (formerly Oakfield Park)

Grid Reference SU 682 657
Map Sheet SU66NE
Parish Wokefield, West Berkshire
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Summary

Unlisted gate lodge to 18th century country house and older estate

Monument Type(s):

  • GATE LODGE (Late 19th century - 1880 AD? to 1880 AD)

Full Description

A small lodge is shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey mapping <1>, on the eastern approach to Wokefield Park mansion; another corresponding lodge is on the west side of the park. They were named East and West Lodges <2>. Although the estate may have early origins, the lodges are not shown on Rocque's 1761 map <3> or the Ordnance Survey Drawing <4>, but the drives appear to be on the same alignment.

The building on site in the early 21st century has two storeys with a tiled roof and decorative bargeboards, and has been extended. West Lodge appears to have been demolished prior to 2009 following a period of dereliction and a fire.

On the Sulhamstead Lower End Tithe map of 1846 a building is drawn in this location, with the designed landscape to its west called Oakfield Park <6>; the two designed landscapes may have overlapped historically.

Sources and further reading

<01>Landmark. 1872-85. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 1, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. Marked 'Lodge'. [Map / SWB14341]
<02>Rocque, J. 1761. Rocque's Map of Berkshire. 1:35,000 (approx). Not marked. [Map / SWB7242]
https://www.rct.uk/collection/700042/rocques-map-of-berkshire (Accessed 09/02/2021)
<03>Ordnance Survey. 1962-1981. Ordnance Survey Epoch 5, 1:2500. 1:2500. 1:2500, 1968 - Marked 'East Lodge'. [Map / SWB14665]
<04>Ordnance Survey. 1806. Ordnance Survey Drawing of Odiham; BL OSD 125, 19. Two inch to the mile. Not marked. [Map / SWB147896]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ordnance_Survey_Drawings_-_Odiham_(OSD_125).jpg (Accessed 24/08/2022)
<05>Jackson Stops and Staff?. 1936. Sales Particulars: The Wokefield Park Estate. [Unpublished document / SWB148871]
<06>Fuller, W H. 1846. Sulhamstead Lower End tithe map. 3 chains to 1 inch. Marked but not named. [Map / SWB150233]
http://ww2.berkshirenclosure.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DD1%2f124%2f1%2f2&pos=2 (Accessed 10/05/2022)

Related Monuments

MWB16188Wokefield Park (formerly Oakfield Park) (Landscape)
MWB20108Site of West Lodge, Wokefield Park (Monument)

Associated Excavations and Fieldwork

  • None recorded

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