Listed Building: LODGE, GATEWAY AND FLANKING WALLS TO BRYANSTON SCHOOL APPROXIMATELY 60 METRES NORTH WEST OF THE STOUR INN (103307)

BRYANSTON LOWER BRYANSTON ST 88 05 12/31 Lodge, Gateway and flanking walls to Bryanston School approximately 60m 14-7-55 north-west of the Stour Inn (formerly listed as Lodge to Park). GV II Lodge, gateway and flanking walls, c.1778, probably by James Wyatt. Greensand ashlar with Portland stone dressings, hipped lead roofs. Symmetrical. Central gateway with round headed arches flanked by single bay, single storey lodges. The central arch is flanked by Dorie half-columns which support a pedimented entablature. The entablature bears the inscription 'Bryanston School' in gilded Roman capitals. Each lodge has a single 12-pane sash and a moulded cornice. The flanking walls curve forward to the roadside and terminate in large rectangular piers. The walls have moulded copings and the piers are surmounted by heraldic beasts bearing shields. (RCHM, Dorset, vol.III, p.47, no.2. Newman J. and Pevsner, N., The Buildings of England: Dorset, 1972, p.118) Listing NGR: ST8833605934

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