Great Oakley Lodge (EHER 34354)

A house built around 1600 and extended in the 18th and early 19th century. It is timber framed, part weatherboarded, part plastered, and partly of red brick in Flemish bond, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. The main range is of two or three bays aligned approximately N-S.

Listed building description A house built around 1600 and extended in the 18th and early 19th century. It is timber framed, part weatherboarded, part plastered, and partly of red brick in Flemish bond, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. The main range is of two or three bays aligned approximately N-S. There is an 18th century crosswing to the N, with internal stack at the W end and an external stack at the E end. There is a lean-to extension in SE angle, forming a catslide with the crosswing roof, partly roofed with slate. There is an early 19th century extension to the S, wholly of red brick, with an internal stack at the junction, and a 20th century lean-to conservatory to the S of it. There is a 19th century single-storey extension to the W, altered in the 20th century. The building is mainly two storeys, S extension of two storeys with attic in gambrel roof. The N elevation is weatherboarded. It has a central half-glazed door with flat canopy on 19th century cast iron stanchions. The E elevation has an early 19th century facade of red brick. The original N-S range has jowled posts, a chamfered binding beam with chamfered joists of horizontal section, all with plain stops, a clasped purlin roof, and an original winder stair with at the top turned balusters and a moulded handrail. <1> <2>