Bywell Hall

Bywell Hall is a villa built in 1766 by James Paine, with alterations and extensions made in the late 19th century. The building is constructed of ashlar stone and features graduated Lakeland slate roofs, showcasing a Neo-Palladian style. The original house stands at 2½ storeys with three wide bays beneath a pediment. The ground floor is rusticated, with openings featuring voussoirs. Each bay's ground floor projects slightly, with the central bay projecting more prominently. The entrance consists of a central half-glazed double door topped with a radial fanlight, flanked by renewed 12-pane sash windows. The side bays also contain similar sashes under pedimented entablatures supported by brackets, with niches on either side.

The building has a moulded plinth, a first-floor string course, and a band above with balustraded panels beneath the windows. The central bay features a giant Ionic Order that supports an entablature with a modillion cornice and a pediment displaying a coat of arms flanked by cornucopiae. There are three 12-pane sashes on the first floor beneath cornices, with three low lights above. The side bays have single first-floor windows set in segmental-pedimented aedicules with swept feet. Above these, there are 6-pane windows under floating cornices in modillioned open pediments. The roof is concealed behind a blocking course and features two corniced stone ridge stacks.

The building has similar three-bay returns, with the right side featuring an additional set-back entrance bay that has a door in a projecting panel, along with a further one-bay extension. Domestic ranges extend behind the main structure.

Inside, the original staircase has been removed and the hall area has been re-planned. However, one ground floor room still retains a carved marble fireplace and a Palladian compartmented ceiling from the period of Paine's design.