Eglingham Hall

Eglingham Hall is a country house with a complex history, incorporating elements from the 16th and 17th centuries, a main block likely built in 1728, and later additions in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The design for the main block is attributed to William Etty, possibly working under the influence of Colin Campbell's work at Seaton Delaval, although William Wakefield has also been suggested as the architect. Robert Ogle commissioned the main block.

The main block and 1903 east wing are constructed from tooled stone with an ashlar plinth, dressings, and rusticated quoins, while the west wing is of large squared stone and rubble. All have Lakeland slate roofs. The east wing is in a Baroque style.

The south front is symmetrical, with two storeys and a formal arrangement of 2 + 3 + 2 bays, with projecting end sections. A grand entrance features eight steps leading to central half-glazed double doors, sheltered by a radial fanlight within an arched surround and flanked by rusticated pilasters. The windows are 18-pane sashes set within architraves ornamented with triple keystones and projecting sills. A moulded cornice and corniced parapet top the building, and four stepped and corniced chimney stacks rise from a hipped roof. A section of the west wing is set back to the left, with a studded door and small-paned sash windows, some under timber lintels. An arched dormer punctuates the eaves, and a coped gable with moulded kneelers sits on the left end, alongside a brick chimney stack.

The east front presents the main block with three bays and 18-pane sash windows. To the right is a recessed 1903 wing of two bays, mirroring the south entrance’s detailing; the first bay containing panelled double doors, the second a projecting two-window bay.

The west elevation, belonging to the older wing, is irregular, with 2 + 2 + 3 bays and scattered window placement. The taller right section of the wing is an original 16th/17th century construction, retaining traces of stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, and incorporating original chamfered openings. The central and left sections contain flat-topped half dormers. Most windows are 12-pane sashes.

Inside, the hall has an anthemion cornice from around 1780. The dining room boasts paneling and a fireplace in an 18th-century style, featuring giant Ionic fluted pilasters and Rococo carvings. The early 20th-century library contains a panelled plaster ceiling, a stone fireplace carved with intertwined dragons, and paneling taken from Morwick Hall. A grand staircase from around 1780 has carved newels, a moulded ramped handrail, and wrought-iron balusters. A bedroom above the dining room features a chimneypiece flanked by giant Doric fluted pilasters. The west wing’s Oak Hall contains resetting 17th-century paneling and a fireplace. A Venetian stair window is also present on the rear elevation, and the west wing features a vertically-panelled door with a raised surround dated 1709.