Norcliffe Hall

Norcliffe Hall is a large house dating from 1831, built for Robert Hyde Greg. It is constructed of Flemish bond orange brick with pink sandstone dressings, topped with a Welsh slate roof and brick chimneys featuring octagonal stacks. The design is in an Elizabethan style, with an irregular plan. The south front is 2½ storeys and 4 bays wide. Features include a stone plinth, quoins, copings, corbelled-out finials, a mixture of 2 and 3-light stone mullioned and mullioned-and-transomed windows (some with lozenge glazing bars), a canted 2-storey stone bay window, a stone string below a blocking course with loopholes, and gabled dormers. A porch on the east front displays the Greg family arms above the door. On the north side a 4-stage lookout tower rises, featuring 2-light round-headed windows under label moulds, corbelled turrets in each corner, and a lead cupola roof.

The interior hall features wainscotting with diamond-shaped panels, a panelled ceiling with plastered beams and heraldic bosses. An adjacent room has panelled ceilings bearing RHG monograms. The stairwell contains an arcade of 3, 4-centred arches, a turned oak stair with square newels, and stained glass depicting Greg family arms, motto, and monograms. The drawing and dining rooms also feature panelled ceilings. Heavy oak doorcases and doors are found throughout the house.