Building record 1455800000 - Raylands Lodge, 75 Bulstrode Way

with Bull Lane and Bulstrode Way. Single-storey flint lodge with stone dressings and slate roof. Originally one of three lodges to Orchehill House (now St. Mary’s School) built during the 1840s after Orchehill had been bought by William Blount and his new wife, Lady Charlotte, daughter of the Duke of Somerset. Plans to alter the building were approved in 1908. The tall chimneys form an important element in the street-scene. Its setting would be improved by removal of the wooden fence at the front. The name is presumably taken from 'Raylands Mead' the large house which stood to the north (originally 'Woodbank') whose ornate gate is another landmark on the opposite side of Bulstrode Way (outside the conservation area). This is a local building of note within the Conservation Area of Gerrards Cross Centenary. (B1).