26. The Gate Lodge
The Gate Lodge was rebuilt in 1910 to a design by N W Harrison; it replaced the former entrance lodge depicted in 1878 in the etching below.
The current lodge is nestled into the boundary wall. The two-storey building originally featured a parlour, living room and wash house on the ground floor, and three nursesbedrooms and a bathroom upstairs. The porter or gatekeeper and his family lived in the lodge until the 1960s. Duties would have included opening and closing the main gates to the Warneford grounds (which you can see in the photograph, monitoring visitors and deliveries, giving directions and providing security.
Today, the Grade II listed Gate Lodge is used as offices.
Image: the building in 1910 (with gates); the porter & his family (date?); etching of previous gate lodge
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27. Green Tree Lodge
This building used to be the stable block. This reminds us that in the nineteenth century, patients were taken on “carriage drives” as part of their weekly routine. These carriage drives allowed patients to see the world outside the Warneford and to visit places of interest nearby. In 1952 the stables were converted into living accommodation, and later into offices, before becoming an outpatient clinic at the end of the twentieth century. In 2011, the former stable doors were replaced with fire doors.
Image: Alterations to turn the stables into accommodation in 1952 (p.64 Insall); plans for the new stable block from 1896 (OHC)
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