One of the historic park lodges has just come on the market, albeit with some unconsented Listed building works along with it. Henbury Lodge was built to guard the park from the east, in the direction of the titular village. It’s not clear when it was built, possibly in the early 19th Century by the Miles family who moved into Kings Weston in 1834, but was certainly not amongst the first influx of architect-designed lodges from the earlier Georgian period. It’s possible that Thomas Hopper, or Henry Rumsey, both architects employed on refurbishing Kings Weston house in the 1840s, could be responsible.
The original design was for a polite Regency style building, symmetrically designed with a pair of shallow arches at either end, and a parapet roof. This was later ‘got at’ in the 1860s by Philip William Skinner Miles who fancied himself as something of an amateur architect. He added the steep pitched roof and decorative bargeboards, something of a signature feature that survives on a number of other buildings on the estate.
Unfortunately, the symmetry that was retained by Miles from the earlier building was damaged with the stripping of the render off the façade in about 2010, just before KWAG was established. The lopsided appearance may be more rustic but detracts from the intended formal appearance.
The house is on the market with Goodman & Lilley for £925,00. More details can be found here.
