West Lodge was originally the lodge at the western end of the drive (now Hancock's Mount) to Charters, a large country house once owned by Montague Burton of tailoring fame. The house itself having been an engineering works in the 1970s seems to have become a research laboratory before being covertd apartments in the early 2000's. Shown on maps as School House, Charters Court and a later building Charters Garden House they were then marketed as The Mansion, The Court and The Garden House respectively by the current owners