Hedgeley Hall With Screen Wall To South West

Hedgeley Hall is a country house dating back to the late 18th century, with substantial alterations and extensions in the early 19th and around 1910-1914 by George Reavell of Alnwick, for Colonel Henry Carr-Ellison. The south range represents a late 18th-century remodelling of earlier fabric, while the rear wings were remodelled and incorporated during the 1910-1914 extension. The building is constructed primarily of squared stone, with the early 20th-century north-east wing of rock-faced stone; ashlar dressings are present throughout. Scottish slate roofs are the norm, with grey tiles on the west part of the early 20th-century extension. The architectural style is a mix of late 18th-century Gothick and early 20th-century Tudor detailing.

The west front is divided into three sections. The older three-bay right-hand part features a central five-window bow with traceried two-light windows incorporating Gothick glazing bars and purple slate panels, united by linking hoodmoulds. A tall central parapet is topped with a roundel flanked by cruciform loops. The centre section has a projecting gabled bay with a two-storey canted bay window, along with three- and four-light mullioned and transomed windows holding leaded casements, all beneath moulded parapets. The northwest wing, to the left, is situated above a projecting basement constructed around 1950, and features two gabled bays with small, scattered windows and an armorial panel at the base of a corbelled stack. An embattled parapet runs along all walls, and tall, stepped-and-corniced stacks are present on the ridge and right end.

The south front is two storeys plus an attic, with three and then two bays. The left section has a 20th-century glazed double door, 12-pane sash windows, and a 19th-century attic dormer sat on corbels, with a quatrefoil above the casement. The right section has French windows inserted into older openings and a 20th-century balcony. Roll mouldings define the openings and the right corner of the range. The right gable end is crowstepped, with stepped-and-corniced ridge and end stacks.

The east (entrance) front, consisting of five gabled bays, features a projecting two-storey porch with a Tudor-arched doorway, accompanied by two- and three-light windows, some transomed. To the right, there is a three-bay north-east wing.

The interior showcases late 18th-century plaster ceilings in the west room of the south range and the bedroom above it, the latter having a contemporary panelled fireplace. The remainder of the interior dates to 1910-1914, featuring an open-well stair and rich plaster ceilings. Doors and fireplaces were brought from Dunston Hill (Gateshead) and Hebburn Hall. A buttressed screen wall steps down to the right of the west front.