Lodge Park and Sherborne Estate

Lodge Park
A five-bay, flat-roofed building with two storeys and an arched single-storey portico. Surrounding the top of the building is a balustrade and chimneys rise from the rear
Lodge Park from the east
LocationGloucestershire, England
Coordinates51°48′32″N 1°47′25″W / 51.80887°N 1.79030°W / 51.80887; -1.79030
OS grid referenceSP 146 123
Built1630s
Built forJohn 'Crump' Dutton
Restored byNational Trust
Governing bodyNational Trust
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameLodge Park and adjoining walls and railings
Designated23 January 1952
Lodge Park and Sherborne Estate is located in Gloucestershire
Lodge Park and Sherborne Estate
Location in Gloucestershire

Lodge Park was built as a grandstand in the Sherborne Estate near the villages of Sherborne, Aldsworth and Northleach in Gloucestershire, England. The site is owned by the National Trust[1] and the former grandstand is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[2] It is England's only surviving 17th-century deer course and grandstand.[1][3]

In the 19th century Lodge Park was modified into a house, then a row of cottages, and then into a house again. It was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1982, and restored to its original form as a grandstand. Lodge Park is open to the public at advertised times, and the footpaths in the Sherborne Estate are available to the public at all times.

  1. ^ a b Lodge Park and Sherborne Estate, National Trust, retrieved 11 September 2016
  2. ^ Historic England, "Lodge Park and adjoining walls and railings, Sherborne (1340791)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 August 2013
  3. ^ National Trust Handbook: Lodge Park and Sherborne Estate, National Trust, 2010, p. 78