Prestwick Hall

Prestwick Hall is a house built in 1815 by John Dobson, designed in the Greek Revival style. The building is constructed from tooled-and-margined ashlar and features a plinth, topped with a Scottish slate roof. The structure is square in shape, with a lower two-storey service wing that projects to the rear on the left side and a conservatory that projects to the rear on the right side. It has two storeys and three bays, accessed by eight swept steps with side railings that wrap around ashlar piers. The entrance includes a two-leaf, half-glazed door set in a recessed porch with Doric antae and a cornice. The ground floor has 12-pane margined sash windows with moulded sills, while the first floor features a sill band and 6-pane margined sashes. The roof is hipped and includes two large ridge stacks.

At the rear, the doorway into the service wing is adorned with a pedimented Doric entablature, and there is a large 24-pane margined sash stair window.

Inside, the entrance hall features a screen of two Doric columns and cast iron balusters that are said to have been sourced from elsewhere. The plain stone door surrounds are framed by incised lines that end in Greek key patterns, and the ceiling is coffered with a triglyph frieze.

The dining room boasts an ornate plaster ceiling decorated with wreaths of vines and ivy, along with a multi-moulded frieze and cornice. It includes a white marble fireplace with a round arch and a keystone carved with vines, as well as vines in the spandrels. There are two doorcases, one framing a niche, featuring fluted pilasters, elaborate brackets, palmette friezes, and enriched cornices. The niche and a larger serving niche contain elaborate Rococo-style built-in tables, with the serving niche having a fluted surround and a large built-in mirror framed with palmettes and a gilded pelmet.

The sitting room has a similarly elaborate ceiling and a wood fireplace with a frieze of scrolls and shells. The study features a stone fireplace with colonettes and square dentil capitals, a pedimented lintel with acroteria, a coat of arms in the pediment, and foliage in the acroteria.