Sometimes the lodge formed part of the buildings enclosing the first court, in which case one or two rooms or "lodgings" of the wing on either side of the gateway would be devoted to the porter, in the same way as the entrance to most of the colleges at Oxford and Cambridge is still arranged. But very frequently it was separated from the house by a court enclosed by a wall, as it was at Holdenby, and again at the much smaller house at Doddington (Fig. 56). This wall was sometimes high and solid, and sometimes coped "leaning height," as John Thorpe has it on one of his plans, or sometimes pierced with ornamental patterns. [Illustration: 57.--STOKESAY CASTLE, SHROPSHIRE. THE GATEHOUSE.] [Illustration: PLATE XXII. STANWAY, GLOUCESTERSHIRE (ABOUT 1630). THE GATEHOUSE.] [Illustration: PLATE XXIII. WESTWOOD, WORCESTERSHIRE. THE GATEHOUSE.] The lodge itself was generally large enough to accommodate the porter and his family, having two rooms downstairs and perhaps three above, but occasionally there were even three floors, as at Stanway in Gloucestershire (Plate XXII.), while at Hamstall Ridware, in Staffordshire, the lodge was merely a gateway between two flanking turrets only seven feet across inside. At Stokesay Castle, in Shropshire, is a charming lodge or gatehouse of timber and plaster, added in Elizabeth's time to the ancient castle (Fig. 57); and at Westwood in Worcestershire the lodge is formed of two separate brick buildings connected by an open timber roof and some pierced stonework, displaying the mullet or five-pointed star of the owner (Plate XXIII.). [Illustration: 58.--COLD ASHTON HALL, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. ENTRANCE GATEWAY.] [Illustration: 59.--WINWICK, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. GATEWAY TO MANOR HOUSE.]