Butley Hall

Butley Hall, now a block of flats, has a late 17th-century core with a facade dated 1777, built for the Downes family. A 19th-century addition was made to the north, and 20th-century alterations were carried out for conversion to flats. The building is constructed of coursed squared buff sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings, covered by a Kerridge stone-slate roof and featuring a stone ridge and five brick chimneys. The main portion has a three-storey, seven-bay front (arranged as 2:3:2), with the central three bays slightly set forward under a triangular pediment. The central doorcase has a shouldered architrave, segmental pediment, and contains a grained six-panelled door with raised fields. Four-pane sash windows have Gibbsian heads, and the top storey has horizontal sliding two-light sashes. A modillion cornice runs along the top. The side bays have plain stone lintels over similar windows. To the left is a three-bay, single-storey portion containing a Venetian window and an ovolo-moulded doorcase. A similar section is located to the right, but it was later raised to three storeys to match the rest of the building. At the rear, remains of a three-storey, three-gabled 17th-century front survive, now featuring bargeboards with a Greek key pattern and remodelled two-light stone mullions. The symmetry of this rear elevation is disrupted by a three-storey canted bay on the right and an addition to the left. Inside, the hall has three ovolo-moulded ceiling beams and a late 17th-century oak well staircase with twisted balusters, square newels, and a heavy handrail. The stairwell paneling is 20th century but incorporates panels with earlier carved details. Late 18th-century panelled shutters and window seats are found in the downstairs rooms.