Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lower Lodge to Soughton Hall
Northop, Flintshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 25 February 1991
- Locality
- Soughton Hall
- Town
- Mold
- Community
- Northop
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.20363, -3.13380
- Cadw reference
- 589
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated 0.5km S of Northop at the entrance to the N drive to Soughton Hall. The lodge is set back behind a gate and flanking quadrant walls. Its garden is bound by wicket-fence style iron railings.
History
Built in 1868 by John Douglas, architect of Chester, and contemporary with the 1867-9 remodelling of Soughton Hall for John Scott Bankes.
Exterior
Two-storey lodge in Tudor-Gothic style with distinctive variety of materials and detail. Half-timbered 1st floor, red brick ground floor and rubble plinth. Slate roof with tiled cresting and overhanging eaves; red brick stacks, one octagonal. Stone-framed windows to ground floor; leaded quarry glazing. L-shaped plan, the main range orientated E-W with wing to N and porch in angle also facing N. Open timber porch with hipped slate roof which continues down from main roof; timber handrail with decorative work below; boarded door. To the R of the porch is a low hipped roof over a 1st floor 2-light casement window. The main roof continues down to the R over a 2-light ground floor window with plain glazing. Small 2-light window set down to L. The E gable end has a close-studded 1st floor with pargetting on a Gothic-carved jetty bressumer with inscribed floral ornament. Finial to apex with 'B' (Bankes) monogram over an imitation hammerbeam roof truss. The gable contains a 3-light casement. To centre of ground floor is a 3-light window, the lights round-headed with colonnettes. The ground floor has splayed angles containing single round-headed lights with large keystones and stained glass. A freestone band links the E window with these corner windows. The 1st floor close-studding is returned around the S side, also with pargetting, as far as the central stepped chimney breast which has ribbed ornament to stack. To the L of the stack, the roof continues down over a 2-light ground floor window, the lights also round-headed and with a colonnette. Simple windows to rear with central boarded door; low brick walled yard including privy at one corner.
Interior
No access to interior at time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good Victorian lodge in Tudor-Gothic style, and part of the work of the architect John Douglas at Soughton Hall.
Group value with Soughton Hall and associated buildings.
Nearby in the register
- Parkgate Farm Farmhouse and attached ShipponDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Old SchoolEducationunder 1 mi
- Stable and Coach-house at Westminster HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Westminster HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.