Upper Belgrave Lodge

Upper Belgrave Lodge
Location in Cheshire
Location: Belgrave Avenue, Eaton Hall, Cheshire, England
OS grid reference: SJ 406 609
Built: 1877–79
Built for: 1st Duke of Westminster
Architect: John Douglas
Architectural style(s): Jacobethan
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated: 2 November 1983
Reference #: 1136146

Upper Belgrave Lodge is a house situated at the east 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 1877–79 and designed by the Chester architect John Douglas.[2] The patron was the 1st Duke of Westminster.[1]

Architecture

The house is built in a T-plan with 1½ storeys in Jacobethan style. It is constructed in red brick with scattered sandstone blocks; the hipped roofs are tiled and have terracotta finials. The upper storey of the main part of the house is timber framed and jettied with pargeting in the panels; the gable end contains a four-light window and above this is tile hanging. Under the gable is a carved bressumer. To the west is an oak-framed porch on a sandstone plinth. The doorway has a Tudor arch above which is a pargeted panel. The rear wing is single-storeyed.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b c "Upper Belgrave Lodge, Eaton", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1136146, retrieved 7 May 2011 
  2. ^ Hubbard, Edward (1991). The Work of John Douglas. London: The Victorian Society. p. 248. ISBN 0-901657-16-6.