Seghill Hall

SEGHILL, Cramlington NZ 27 SE 7/23 Seghill Hall GV II House, c. 1830 extended and remodelled internally 1908. Tooled stone with ashlar plinths and dressings, east wing squared stone; blue slate roof except for purple slates on extension. South elevation 2 storeys, in 2 sections. Left part 3 + 1 bays; left 3 bays the original house; plinth, pilasters. Narrower centre bay recessed slightly above distyle-in-antis porch, doorcase with fluted pilasters. Plate-glass sash windows with slightly-projecting sills. Eaves cornice with paired brackets to overhanging eaves. Hipped roof with stepped-and-corniced ridge stack. Flat-roofed right bay is 1908 addition in facsimile. Right part, set back, is 1908 east wing; 3 + 1 bays, plainer, with similar fenestration; roof hipped to right; stepped-and-corniced stacks on ridge and front roof slope. Left return 2 wide 2-window bays, detail and fenestration as original south front. Rear elevation shows 1908 canted bay and large segmental-headed stair window; on far left projecting C19 2-storey wing.

Interior: open-well stair of 1908, stair window with miners' tools and motto LABOR VINCIT OMNIA.

Listing NGR: NZ2799574543