Belgrave Lodge

Belgrave Lodge
Location in Cheshire
Location: Belgrave Avenue,
Eaton Hall, Cheshire, England
OS grid reference: SJ 3867 6112
Built: 1889
Built for: 1st Duke of Westminster
Architect: John Douglas
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated: 2 November 1983
Reference #: 1115836

Belgrave Lodge is a house situated at the west end of Belgrave Avenue, the road connecting the B5445 road between Chester and Wrexham, and Eaton Hall, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[1]

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History

The lodge was built in 1889 to a design by the Chester architect John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster. The ground floor has since been converted into a restaurant.[1]

Architecture

The house is built in brick with stone bands and dressings on a stone plinth. The hipped roof has red tiles with lead finials. As a whole the house has 1½ storeys and is in 2 bays. It has three chimneys with red-brick barley-sugar flues and stone plinths and caps. There are two single-storey buildings at the rear, one with a gabled roof, the other with a hipped roof.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b c "Belgrave Lodge and storesheds and domestic offices", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1115836, retrieved 3 May 2011