Keepers Lodge (EHER 35578)

Keeper's Lodge, located in Audley Park, was built in 1831 from flint pebble with red brick quoins and dressings.

NRHE data transfer: Keeper's Lodge, located in Audley Park, was built in the mid 19th century from flint pebble with red brick quoins and dressings. All the fronts have ogee shaped Dutch gables. On the south front there are three gables, the outer ones project and there is an entrance porch between the wings. The windows are mullioned casements with square label moulds. The roof tiled and has three chimney stacks with two square shafts set diagonally. <1> Keeper's Lodge is a Grade II listed flint property built in 1831. Built with red brick quoins and plinth with red brick and stone dressings, it has ogee shaped gables to all elevations [Fig B45]. There are three gables on the south front, the outer ones projecting either side of a central entrance porch. The mullioned casement windows have Tudor-style square hood moulds above and the roof is covered with fish-scale tiles. There are three groups of brick chimney stacks, each with two square shafts set diagonally. Currently in use as a single dwelling, the 1877, 1897 and 1921 1:25000 Ordnance Survey maps all show Keeper's Lodge as a pair of semi-detached properties with matching outbuildings, originally called Avenue Cottages. The first likely reference in the Audley End estate accounts is in December 1830 for 'blacksmiths work to new house behind Ring' which is followed in November 1831 by 'building stone walls at Avenue Cottage. <2> See also: <3>