Building record M8932 - Bestwood Lodge - Victorian mansion

Summary

COUNTRY HOUSE (Victorian to Late 20th Century)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 56939 46515 (64m by 46m)
Map sheet SK54NE
District Gedling
Civil Parish Bestwood Park (G), Gedling

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Built for the tenth Duke of St Albans in 1862-5 by S. S. Teulon. To the right a conservatory wing of after 1867, enlarged after 1896 to form a drill hall. Above the wildly original porch … heads … carved by Thomas Earp. (1)
Country house. 1862. Additions 1869 [and] 1897. (2)
Customers … for whom we have executed commissions during the past 70 years [include] His Grace The Duke of St. Albans, Bestwood Lodge, Nottingham. (3)
See M8789 for garden, M5261 for Med hunting lodge.


Listed buildings slides, 27 slides (Photograph). SNT2648.

<1> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed., p 72 (Monograph). SNT4.

<1> Gedling Borough Council, 1991, Gedling's Heritage, 28-29 (Published document). SNT1552.

<2> DOE, Listed Building Description (Published document). SNT228.

<3> Messenger & Co. Ltd., 1928, Horticultural Section - catalogue, p 122 (Published document). SNT1629.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Photograph: Listed buildings slides. 27 slides.
  • <1> Published document: Gedling Borough Council. 1991. Gedling's Heritage. 28-29.
  • <1> Monograph: Pevsner N. 1979. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed.. Penguin. p 72.
  • <2> Published document: DOE. Listed Building Description.
  • <3> Published document: Messenger & Co. Ltd.. 1928. Horticultural Section - catalogue. p 122.

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Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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