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Brownswood

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Brownswood
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Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge with dormer attic, designed 1889; extant 1903, on a cruciform plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting breakfront; single-bay (single-bay deep) single-storey central return (north). "Restored", 2004. Replacement pitched terracotta tiled roof on a cruciform plan with trefoil-perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles centred on red brick chimney stack having stringcourse below corbelled stepped capping, timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins, and uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Red brick English bond walls on red brick header bond chamfered cushion course on plinth with red brick header bond "Cavetto" stringcourse supporting rendered surface finish in timber frame; terracotta tiled surface finish (gables). Square-headed central door opening with timber surround framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed flanking window openings with "Cavetto"-detailed timber sills on ogee consoles, and timber surrounds framing timber casement windows. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement (ground floor) with square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (dormer attic), "Cavetto"-detailed timber sills on ogee consoles, and timber surrounds framing replacement casement windows. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Brownswood.
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