Building record 1067010000 - Wing Lodge (Honeysuckle Lodge), Mentmore

Summary

Nineteenth century entrance lodge to Mentmore Towers, built about 1868

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Mentmore Conservation Area

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Type and Period (2)

  • LODGE (Built about 1868, 19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1945 AD)
  • GATE LODGE (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

House. c.1868, Devey in Old English style. Former lodge to north avenue approach to the mansion from
Wing crossroads to former Wing Drive park entrance. Prominent as it terminates the approach along
avenue from Wing to north. Asymmetrical original frontage features a half-timbered gable with panels of plain pebbledash. Outline of original lodge survives to the north but hugely extended to rear with big
gables to east frontage using matching materials, rear gable features a large window after Lutyens.
Curtilage boundary treatments have overlaid the former estate entrance. Former timber gateway similar to former Crafton and Cheddington Lodges lost. Building surrounded by modern houses in similar style.
Significance: One of Devey’s group of 3 park lodges in Old English style, marks the approach from Wing
and Aylesbury. Survives largely intact but with major extensions.
Issues: Greatly altered; gateway lost; no connection to former Wing Drive; no longer has character of
entrance lodge; surrounded by modern housing development. A local note building within the conservation area of Mentmore (B19).

Sources (1)

  • <19>XYSBC23698 Unpublished document: Aylesbury Vale District Council. 2019. Mentmore Conservation Area Review. [Mapped feature: #44864 ]

Location

Grid reference SP 89380 19982 (point)
Civil Parish WING, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 20 2021 10:44AM

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