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Detached single-bay (three-bay deep) single-storey over basement gate lodge with dormer attic, extant 1859, on a rectangular plan with (single-storey) prostyle tetrastyle pedimented portico to front (east) elevation. Reroofed, ----, producing present composition. Pitched (gable-fronted) slate roof with pressed iron ridge centred on rendered chimney stack having corbelled stepped stringcourse below capping supporting terracotta pots, decorative timber bargeboards to gables with timber finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cornice retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on rendered, ruled and lined coursed rubble stone base with monolithic pilasters to corners (west) supporting cornice on blind frieze on entablature. Square-headed central door opening behind (single-storey) prostyle tetrastyle pedimented portico approached by flight of five cut-limestone steps with cut-limestone pillars having responsive pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed pediment on blind frieze on entablature, and moulded surround framing glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with drag edged cut-limestone sills, and moulded surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows without horns. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Castle Morres.
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