Gawsworth New Hall

Country House. Gawsworth New Hall was begun in 1707-1712 and subsequently altered, with additions dated 1914 by Sir Hubert Worthington. The house is constructed of red Flemish bond brick with a stone slate roof and has a two-story and attic layout with an E-shaped plan.

The garden front has 16 bays and a slightly projecting plinth. A string course runs between the floors. The windows are 19th-century sashes with four panes to both floors, replacing original casement lights. The window heads are flat-arched and formed with gauged brick, with those on the ground floor being deeper. A doorway at the fifth bay from the left replaced an original window, and a doorway at the seventh bay from the right is now a window. A break in the string course above the seventh bay suggests a previous large doorcase. All windows have stone sills, and there are hipped dormers to the attic. The left-hand reveal has seven bays similar to the garden front. Here, the ground floor sash windows have a three-by-five pane configuration, and a central, elaborate wooden doorcase by Sir Hubert Worthington features Corinthian pilasters, a segmental open pediment with high-relief swags, and a coat of arms relating to the first Earl of Harrington. A first-floor window, second from the right, has been replaced by triple single-light sash windows.

The courtyard front has a central projecting wing with brick quoins and a datestone on the first floor, bearing the date 1914, initial "H," and a coronet, all within a circular cable surround. Four bays flank either side of the central projection; those in the re-entrant angles are single-story and slightly recessed, contemporary with the central wing. Other bays mirror those on the garden front. Projecting wings on either side have altered fenestration with smaller windows for service rooms. A fire escape is located on the right-hand wing, and a garage door is on the left-hand wing. An original two-light casement window remains in the right-hand wing at the first floor, in the second bay from the left, with a four-by-ten pane configuration in the lower lights and a four-by-six pane configuration above. A similar upper portion of window has plate glass in the ground-floor lower lights on the left-hand wing.

Inside, the drawing room has a late 18th-century wooden panelled fireplace with a painted canvas overmantel depicting flowers in a vase. Another ground-floor fireplace has a mid-Victorian Adam-style surround. Some hob-grates remain in the attic spaces.

The house was started by Lord Mohun but work was halted after his death in a duel with the Duke of Hamilton in 1712, in which both men were killed.