The gate and lodge on the road to Winchester was one of two to Stratton Park. The other more distinctive entrance was on the London road. For the Winchester lodge Dance changed his design from a two-storey thatched cottage on a rectangular plan with a front porch and lean-to at the back, to a single-storey house on a T-plan with a slate or tile roof. This second design with its single central chimney stack, reduced height and shallow roof was related to Dance's design for the pair of London lodges though without their minimal pediments and pilasters.

The change of design was probably made after a good look at the location which was between the gated road to Stratton Park and the gated road to the village of East Stratton, opposite the gated road to Micheldever village and with the principal road running directly in front. The new design had windows on all sides (instead of just two sides as in the first scheme) giving the gatekeeper much better visibility.

The lodge house is still there but because of later remodelling, which includes the unsuitable addition of a Doric porch, is almost unrecognisable.

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