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List entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: LODGE TO ROYAL ALBERT HOSPITAL

List entry Number: 1219861

Location

LODGE TO ROYAL ALBERT HOSPITAL, ASHTON ROAD

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County	District	District Type	Parish
Lancashire	Lancaster	District Authority

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: II

Date first listed: 30-Nov-1970

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.

Legacy System Information

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Legacy System: LBS

UID: 383045

Asset Groupings

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List entry Description

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History

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Details

LANCASTER

SD45NE ASHTON ROAD 1685-1/2/11 (East side) 30/11/70 Lodge to Royal Albert Hospital

GV II

Gateway and lodge. c1873. Designed by Paley and Austin. Snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings, 2 bands of red sandstone, and green slate roof. Gothic Revival style. Main part of gateway is taller, with a wide pointed arch over the carriageway, chamfered in 2 orders, and a smaller roll-moulded pedestrian arch to the right. Both have wrought-iron gates. On the 1st floor are 3 trefoiled single-light windows under a hipped roof with lead finials and crested ridge tiles. Chimney to right with 2 bands of red sandstone. To its right is a part of the lodge which has lower eaves above a stone canted bay window which has 3 mullioned lights to the front and one to each side, all with shouldered arches. The right-hand gable is coped. Above the carriageway between the wide arches is a beamed timber floor. The lodge is entered from the walkway, which is separated from the carriageway by 2 chamfered pointed arches. The right-hand gable wall has a 2-light stair window towards the right, with a quatrefoil below a pointed relieving arch, and a 2-light window to the left lighting the upper storey. HISTORY: built as the gateway to the Royal Albert Idiot Asylum, now the Royal Albert Hospital (qv), which was completed in 1873.

Listing NGR: SD4753159935

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National Grid Reference: SD 47531 59935

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