Harperley Hall

Harperley Hall is a house, now serving as County Constabulary offices, built in the late 18th century for Marmaduke Cradock, with some early 19th-century elements. The main block is constructed of sandstone ashlar, while the wing features coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings. The roofs are made of graduated Lakeland slate and Welsh slate, topped with ashlar chimneys. The building has an irregular plan and a symmetrical main block that is two storeys high with five windows. The central entrance consists of a many-panelled double door flanked by sidelights and topped with a large plain overlight, all set within a Roman Doric stone surround with half-columns and a triglyph frieze. The ground-floor windows are 12-pane sashes that reach to ground level, while the first-floor windows are also 12-pane sashes, both featuring fine glazing bars, raised stone surrounds, and projecting stone sills. A bracketed cornice is located above the central first-floor window, with the lower panes painted over. The building has chamfered quoins and a parapet on the eaves band with a top band.

The wing, which is set back to the right, is also two storeys high with five windows and quoins on the first bay. Most of the windows are sashes with glazing bars, and some have ventilators inserted. The left return of the building has six windows, including a full-height two-window square projecting bay at the centre and three windows in a full-height bowed projection. The service wing on the right return has two full-height canted bays, each with side and overlights, flanking the entrance.

Inside, some ground-floor rooms feature corniced marble chimney pieces, a variety of stucco friezes, and ceiling roundels. The bowed projection has enriched window pelmets, and throughout the building, there are six-panel doors with fluted architraves and corner paterae. The door panels and ground-floor panelled reveals display a fine lugged beaded pattern. The hall and dining room have a dado rail, while the first-floor hall features a fluted frieze with paterae. A late 19th-century square open-well staircase in Jacobean style has square newels topped with obelisk finials.