Gisborough Hall, And Retaining Walls, Balustrade, Piers And Steps To South

This is a country house, now operating as a private hotel, built in 1857. It was designed by M.W. (or S.S.*) Teulon. The front of the building was later refaced, extended to the east, and an attic storey was added between 1902 and 1905. The house is constructed from dressed sandstone in irregular coursing, with Westmorland slate roofs, stone gable copings, and grouped octagonal and square stacks. It is of Jacobean style.

The main south front is symmetrical, featuring seven bays. It has three-storey canted stone bay windows and a shouldered attic gable above. All windows have stone mullions, transoms, and leaded light casements. A drip string runs between the floors. A balustraded parapet tops the facade. The main entrance is located in the west end of the main range and has a heavily moulded, pointed segmental-arched opening with sculpted demi-sea wolves on flanking buttresses. Above the entrance is a canted oriel window with a stone pyramidal roof, gothic mullioned sashes, and intricately carved vine decoration on the underside.

The rear (north) wings, also by Teulon (1857), are asymmetrical and two or three storeys high. They feature shaped gables and cross-windows with casements, some incorporating margin glazing bars, with relieving arches. A drip string is present. A short, hexagonal bell tower is situated on the north-east wing, topped with a shingled timber bell cupola and a lead ogee dome.

The listing also includes a retaining wall, balustrades, piers, and steps dating from circa 1905, which relate to the terraced garden to the south of the front. These are mainly constructed from rock-faced sandstone, with plain dressed sandstone steps and piers incorporating moulded cornice caps and ball finials.

*N. Pevsner, "Buildings of England: Yorkshire North Riding", 1966, p.179.