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Summary

Middle Lodge, shown on 19th century maps to the west of Townstal Farm, had a stone tower and archway. The building has been incorporated into Archway Cottage. Formerly one of three lodges on the Mount Boone estate.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX85SE/376

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LODGE (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Maps and Apportionments (Website). SDV349463.

Plot 118 described as Lower Lodge & Plantations'.

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

Plot 118 shows a simple rectangular building on the west side of the road, marked 'Lodge'.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

'Middle Lodge' shown as two adjoining buildings to the west of Townstal Farm.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Middle Lodge is shown as an irregular shaped building on the west side of the lane from Higher Lodge, with a small structure on the opposite side. Map object based on this source.

Ordnance Survey, 1930 - 1939, Fourth Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV336668.

Building shown as 'Archway Cottage'.

Collings, A. G., 2001, Archaeological Assessment of Proposed Dartmouth Sewage Treatment Scheme, 8 (Report - Assessment). SDV336229.

Middle Lodge, sited on the carriage drive from the Higher Lodge passed over the lane to Old Mill Creek. It was described in 1869 as built of stone and slate in the form of a tower with an arched gateway. The property was later known as Archway Cottage.

Google, 2013, Google Streetview (Website). SDV350787.

Archway Cottage has a stone tower and archway adjoining the south-east corner. Map object based on this source.

Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.

Map object based on this source.

Brown, J., 2013, Mr Seale's Woods: The Eighteenth Century Landscape of Mount Boone, Dartmouth, 15 (Article in Serial). SDV357310.

There were three lodges by the various entrances to the (Mount Boone) estate. Higher Lodge, Lower Lodge and Sandquay Lodge. These lodges are shown on the Tithe Map. Higher Lodge no longer exists, but Lower Lodge has been converted into Archway Cottage.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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