Building record 1063200000 - DEER LEAP LODGE, RINGSHALL

Grade II. Former lodge to Ashridge Park, now garage workshop and offices. Early C19, probably designed between 1808 and 1813 by James Wyatt. Totternhoe stone, roofs concealed by battlemented parapet. Chamfered plinth, moulded string with carved heads below parapet. In Gothick style with lodge house at N.W. end, and former coach-house and stable bays to rear. House has irregular plan with square staircase tower at angle to N. corner, and 5 sides of octagonal room projecting to W. 2 storeys. Tower has lancet windows, octagon has 2-light traceried windows to ground floor and paired lights with 4-centred heads above. side of octagon has single storey porch, also battlemented, with 2-light cusped window to N., octagonal pier at W. corner, and 4-centred arches to W. and S. N.E. side of house has blind lancet and paired 4-centred lights to first floor. Chimney stack with 5 octagonal shafts. Coach-house and stable to rear are each of one storey and one bay. Coach-house has blind lancets in wall to N.E. and is open to S.W. Stable has shallow gable, 4-centred arched window to N.E., and garage doors to S.W (B1).