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Lodge dating to 1868. Two-storey, gabled asymmetrical north facing (to driveway) lodge. Coursed tooled rubble, tooled ashlar dressings. Advanced and gabled centre 2-storey gabled porch with moulded basket arched recessed entrance, monogrammed plaque above and slightly jettied first floor. Tall coped octagonal ridge and wallhead stacks in clusters of three and two respectively. Decorative bargeboards and slate roofs. Four square polished ashlar gatepiers, flanking carriage and outer pedestrian entrances, dated 1868. Each pier chamfered above square base, necked and corniced caps supporting carved stone Earl's coronet as finial. Ornate cast- and wrought-iron gates (Frs. Morton, Liverpool) one pair double and two singles (all similar size) with centre cartwheel design within decorative frame with gilded detailing.
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