Southern Lodge was built in 1870 for Tom Roger, a local architect, and has a plaque TR1870 on the north gable. It was bought by the local medical practice in 1871 and then became the St Andrews Cottage Hospital until 1902 when the hospital moved to a larger site.

Southern Lodge returned to private ownership as a three storey family home in 1902 and was used as such until 1947 when an application was made to build a stair on the north gable to enable the property to be used as two flats. The lower flat comprised the ground floor using the front door and the upper flat the top two floors using the new north entrance.

The present owners bought the Upper Flat in 1994 and the Lower Flat in 1998. They reconnected the two properties to create a wonderful, six bedroom family home. The second kitchen on the first floor was retained as a utility room which means that there is great flexibility in how the property can be used. There are also two gas-fired boilers.

Special features include a large modern kitchen on the ground floor which opens into a superb conservatory which was built in 2019. This is complemented by a well-proportioned dining room. On the first floor is a lovely drawing room with a bay window taking full benefit of the open outlook. There is also a library and a study with the upper porch giving access to the back door and external stairs.

There are two bedrooms with shower rooms on the ground floor, one of which is currently used as a snug off the kitchen. The principal bedroom with its own bathroom is on the first floor. There are three family bedrooms and a bathroom on the top floor.

Gardens and Parking

In front of the house is a west facing front garden contained by a low stone wall with a gate. This is down to lawns with a summer house in the corner and raised beds. Diagonally opposite is a second area of garden with a flat lawn, gravel path and a fine beech tree. Beyond this garden is a private car park with 11 spaces for the surrounding houses. Southern Lodge has the first two spaces, accommodating 4 cars.

Southern Lodge also has two adjoining gardens to the east, both of which have gates onto Greyfriars Garden. The conservatory opens onto a paved terrace in the first garden which has an Astroturf lawn with paths and beds around. There is a trellis and rhododendrons at the bottom of the garden where there are two sheds. The southern garden has a drying green and a putting lawn with stone walls around.

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