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Listed building outline: LANTERN HOUSE WATCOMBE LODGE 390819

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LANTERN HOUSE WATCOMBE LODGE 390819

• geometry: MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.522702 50.497056,-3.522846 50.497073,-3.522871...
• entry-date: 1975-01-10
• listed-building: 1280010
• name: LANTERN HOUSE WATCOMBE LODGE
• notes: Villa, divided into two. c1860. Plastered; natural slate roof; stacks with rendered shafts and projecting cornices. PLAN: Approximately rectangular on plan, entrance on west side into corridor from which stair rises. Rear (north) service wing now a separate house. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Hipped slate roof. Asymmetrical 3-bay front with a projecting canted porch with a round-headed doorway with a panelled 2-leaf front door with a fanlight with glazing bars and stained glass. Single-storey canted bay to the right with a parapet and 4-pane sashes. One ground and one first-floor window to the left with sill blocks, glazed with 4-pane sashes. The right return has two 2-storey canted bay with 2-pane sashes. Lead tented canopy on cast-iron brackets projects over ground floor windows. 2:3-window east elevation. The main block has segmental-headed first-floor windows, one tripartite and a canted bay to ground floor left. The service block, to the right has a 3-window front and is gabled to the front in the centre. Windows glazed with probably original 12-pane sashes with sill blocks. Fine 13-bay conservatory across front, canted at each end, with round-headed lights and end pinnacles with lead finials. Adjustable vents along the ridge. INTERIOR: Retains moulded plaster cornices, original joinery, including a stair with turned balusters, and local marble chimneypieces. Listing NGR: SX9209067457
• reference: 390819
• start-date: 1975-01-10