Ridley Hall

Ridley Hall is a country house with a stable wing dating to 1743, and a main block constructed in 1891 by Horatio Adamson. Datestones are present on the porch and tower. The 1743 stable wing is built of tooled and margined stone with a hipped slate roof. The main 1891 block is of ashlar construction, featuring steeply-pitched slate roofs. The building has an irregular plan, notable for a large octagonal tower at the southwest corner, executed in a Free Neo-Tudor style.

The south (garden) front is divided into three sections: a tall, three-storey battlemented tower with a stair turret at the left; a lower, three-gabled, three-bay centre; and a two-storey set-back rear wing. It contains stone mullioned-and-transomed windows, several two-battlemented, two-storey canted bays, and features copings, finials, and kneelers to the gables. The north (entrance) front, with five irregular bays, includes a two-storey, projecting porch with a Tudor-arched entrance, and an octagonal extruded stair turret. Fenestration and roof treatment follow a similar pattern. The chimneys have tall, conjoined octagonal shafts. Heraldic panels featuring the Bowes Lyon crest are also visible.

The former stable wing, located to the west, has been altered, but retains its north front. This front is of two storeys, consisting of 1:2:3 bays, with a first-floor band. A modillion cornice is present to the left bay, and to the open pedimented gable of a slightly projecting two-bay section. The gable exhibits rusticated quoins, and features two carriage arches—now blocked—with rustication below moulded imposts and to the archivolts. Quoins are also rusticated. The windows are 12-pane sashes in architraves, some of which have been altered, and a keyed oculus is situated in the tympanum. The ridge displays two stepped and corniced ashlar stacks.

Inside the main block, the entrance hall is impressive, featuring an ornate stair, a gallery, and a coffered ceiling. Various fittings, as well as some panelling, have been brought from elsewhere, including a 16th-century fireplace originating from Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire.