Building record 0446502000 - NW LODGE & GATEPIERS, WEST WYCOMBE PARK

Grade II+. C18. 2 storey lodge of stucco with hipped Welsh slate roof. Ground floor small chamfered and bonded quoins, first floor level narrow stringcourse, moulded and modillion cornice, ball finial at roof apex. East front has 2 sash windows with thick glazing bars, central 6 fielded panel door in surround of engaged Doric columns, entablature with triglyphs and guttae; pediment. Red brick gatepiers with carved stone pineapple finials above cornices and blocking courses. Similar secondary piers, formerly with stone ball finials, and outer pair of piers witn stone vases. All gatepiers now rebuilt on a new site set back from road, with modern brickwork (B9).
Recorded by English Heritage in November 2000. Located at the western entrance to the park, the West Lodge appears on the 1752 Jolivet map alongside a straight avenue linking the road to the domestic ranges on the west of the house. The lodge was retained after Revett changed the orientation of the house (c1770) and the western carriageway became the principal approach. It consists of two storeys, finished in stucco with chamfered and bonded quoins. The hipped slate roof rises from modillion cornice to a ball finial. The main 6-panel door faces east from a surround of engaged Doric columns with pediment. The adjacent red brick gate piers (with stone pineapple finials) and secondary piers (with ball finials) have been repositioned away from the present road (B12-14).