Sopwell Hall

Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, built c.1865, with pedimented entrance portico in antis. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls having cut limestone portico, quoins and plinth. Segmental-headed openings, paired to gables, with one-over-one pane timber sash windows and moulded limestone surrounds with brackets beneath sills. Timber panelled door with overlight, set in square-headed opening inside portico, latter with fluted Doric columns. Ornamental cast-iron piers and gate flanked by rectangular limestone piers with cast-and-wrought-iron gates and railings; cast-iron railings, cut limestone piers and rendered quadrant walls..

This gate lodge is notable for its apparent architectural design. The classically-inspired portico is an interesting addition to this small-scale building and is clearly the work of skilled craftsmen, as are the carved limestone window surrounds, sills and brackets and the segmental-headed windows which enrich and enliven the façade. The gates are highly decorative and add further interest to the site. This gate lodge forms part of a significant group of related structures with the buildings of Sopwell Hall demesne.