ENTRANCES AND CARRIAGE COURTS 



FIG ig. SMALL ONE-STORIED LODGE. 



(THE LATE MR. DAN .GIBSON, ARCHITECT.) 



emphasis being gained by massive gate piers, beautiful wrought-iron gates, and fine wing 

 walls. On the other hand, if the lodges are to be occupied by the gardener or other 

 active servants, they might be treated as the architectural tour de force of the entrance, 



the gates, piers and wing walls being designed on 

 simpler lines. Illustrations Nos. 18 and 19 show 

 simple but convenient forms of small, one-storied 

 lodges, each having a living room, scullery, two 

 bedrooms, a porch and larder, with the usual 

 conveniences, while gate-houses, as distinct from 

 other forms of lodges, invariably need the close 

 association of other buildings, and are usually 

 placed very near the residence, either at one side Gate-houses. 

 of the carriage court, as in illustration No. 22, and 

 as in the well-known example at Borwick Hall, 

 or on the side opposite the main entrance to the 

 house as in No. 86. In the older examples these 

 were seldom placed further away than in the 

 well-known gatehouse at Charlecote, unless treated 

 as the entrance to some lordly domain from the 

 town or village, or, in very exposed positions, to 

 give shelter to the grounds as in the case of those shown in illustrations Nos. 81 and 82. 

 The twin lodges (111. No. 21), designed in connection with one of the principal 

 entrances to Pittencreiff Park, Fifeshire, provide, in their general grouping and composition, 

 a transition from the gate-house to the pair of lodges ; these were to stand some distance 

 from the house, up to which there is a wide straight avenue. When a gate-house, with 

 an arch enclosing a view over the park or gardens is adopted, such an arrangement as 

 that shown in illustration No. 23, planned and erected for Earl Beauchamp at Madresfield, 

 allows of very varied treatments. 



Single lodges usually require much more careful planning in relation to the site than 

 double lodges, for in the latter case, provided the drive is at right angles to the public 

 road, and continues for some distance in a straight line, the mere balance of parts secures 

 a certain imposing effect. Single lodges are usually erected in positions where the drive 

 takes an oblique or curving line from the road. Here the lodge must be placed, and the 

 windows of the living room arranged so as to secure a long view of the road on one side 

 and the drive on the other. This often leads to a certain picturesqueness of outline and 

 composition and an originality of treatment which may give an individual charm to the 

 entrance. 



This position of the lodge, in relation to the direc- 

 tion from which carriages approach, and to the ease 

 with which the gates can be opened by the attendant, 

 is important. The arrangement aimed at is usually to 

 obtain the longest view of the drive and of the public 

 road, so that the attendant may have due warning 

 of the arrival of vehicles. How this can be accomplished 

 is seen in the accompanying plan (No. 20), the curved 

 line representing the course the carriage would take 

 in driving to the residence. As indicated by the 

 radiating lines, the living room has a bay window A 



Placing of 

 the lodge. 



FIG. 20. 



commanding the drive in both directions, and the entrance porch B is within seven 

 yards of the centre of the gateway. If after passing the gates, the drive curved in 

 the opposite direction, an additional window would be required at E. 



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