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Summary

Lodge to Escot, dated 1869, by the entrance to the landscaped Escot Park.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1098098: ESCOT FRONT LODGE
• SHINE: Cropmarks of possible prehistoric or Roman settlement, ditches of water meadow system, section of former leat to Talaton Mill and Escot Park, an C18 historic parkland
• SHINE: Cropmarks of possible prehistoric or Roman settlement, ditches of water meadow system, section of former leat to Talaton Mill and Escot Park, an C18 historic parkland

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY09NE/16/5
• Old Listed Building Ref (II): 86918
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LODGE (XIX - 1869 AD to 1869 AD (Throughout))

Full description

Department of Environment, 1988, Talaton, 141 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV341348.

Lodge to Escot (q.v.). Dated 1869. Flemish bond red brick with bands of black brick and Hamstone ashlar detail; brick stacks and chimneyshafts; red tile roof including bands of scallop-shaped tiles and has original ridge tiles. Plan: T-plan building facing east onto the drive to Escot (q.v.). This front block contains the main entrance hall to right (south) and the main living room/parlour to left and it has a projecting gable-end stack. A 1-room plan service block projects at right angles to rear right of centre and it has a gable-end stack. 2 storeys. Tudor Gothic style. Exterior: 1-window front. The doorway is to right, a Hamstone Tudor arch with hoodmould. The doorway is behind an internal porch; it contains an original plank door with ornate strap hinges. To left is a canted bay window with stone Tudor arch headed lights containing casements with glazing bars. Above is a stone 2-light gabled half dormer. The main roof is gable-ended with cusped bargeboards. The right (south) end has a 2-light window to each floor, the lower one with a hoodmould. The rear block has a leanto porch along it and this contains a Tudor arch doorway. In the left end stack of the front block there is a date plaque inscribed 1K, 1869. This side of the rear block has a 2-light window each floor, the lower one with a hoodmould, the uper one a gabled half dormer. Interior not inspected. This pretty Victorian lodge stands by the entrance to the landscaped Escot Park.

Clark, J. + Richardson, D., 2013, Escot (Un-published). SDV356812.

Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.

'Front Lodge' shown.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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