Hardwick Hall Hotel

NZ 32 NW SEDGEFIELD A 177 (West side, off)

6/26 Hardwick Hall Hotel 9/1/68 II

Country house, now an hotel (shown on OS map as a Maternity Home). Mid C18, possibly incorporating an older core, altered in early C20. Pebble-dashed masonry and brick; Welsh slate roofs with rebuilt brick chimneys. L-plan with rear wing to right. 2 storeys plus attic, 5 bays, with flanking 2-storey, one-bay wings. Central, 3-bay later, part-glazed porch has 4 Roman Doric columns, entablature and double doors with 3-pane side lights. 2-panel, part-glazed inner double doors, under segmental fanlight, with 3-pane side lights and flanking, elongated 12-pane sashes. Front has mainly replaced 12-pane sashes, first-floor band and dentilled eaves cornice. Low-pitched hipped roof has 2 dormers, under segmental pediments, and 2 ridge chimneys. Set-back wings have semi-octagonal returns, first-floor band and mainly replaced 12-pane sashes; low-pitched roof hipped over returns. 2-storey, 11-bay rear wing has 2-pane sashes to ground floor, first-floor band and replaced 12-pane sashes above; roof has 5 ridge chimneys. Interior remodelled in early C20. Additions to left rear and detached stable block not of special interest.

Listing NGR: NZ3459029323