porter's lodge

Definitions

1. A building for the porter(s) near the gate of a castle, college, etc., (historical) formerly used as a place of punishment for the staff.
2. An equivalent room near the gate of a college, chiefly used as a mailroom.
   Canada, UK

Equivalents

Examples

“The keys... were on Saturday stolen from the porter's lodge.”

“[H]e walked across Hawthorn Tree Court on his way to the porter's lodge. […] At the lodge he cleared his pigeon-hole.”

CEFR level