Barleybat Hall

Barleybat Hall is a large house dating to approximately 1820, constructed of coloured brick in a Flemish bond, with stone dressings and a slate roof. The house is two storeys high and has a double-depth plan, originally comprising three bays. A projecting stone plinth is present. The front entrance features a six-panel door set within a heavily carved frame, with narrow, glazed sidelights. Above the door is an elliptical radial bar fanlight, surmounted by an open pediment. Flanking the entrance are plain engaged columns with simple carved caps and dosserets. Two-storey brick bows extend from the outer bays, each containing three sash windows with glazing bars, supported by a stone sill band and flanked by plain pilasters, separated by simple Doric-style columns. Moulded stone corbels support the sill band below the pilasters and columns. The windows are finished with plain friezes and lead-covered moulded cornices. A recessed sash window at first floor level sits above the front entrance. Three-light flush casements are found in the east side wall, and recessed sash windows with glazing bars are present in the west wall. A lead-covered blocking course runs along the first-floor window eaves. The roof features lead-covered hips, and the rear has twin gables with barge boards. Timber gutters and plain stacks are visible on the side walls. A full-width, single-storey addition at the rear is of no particular architectural interest.

The entrance hall internally contains a full-width screen with panelled wings and pilasters, topped by a radial bar fanlight; the original double doors are missing. In the north-east room, the windows have panelled shutters, flanked by reeded pilasters. The marble mantel in this room has a cornice and a chimney-piece featuring a mirror supported by Greek Ionic columns. The north-west room showcases a Georgian wooden mantel with a chimney-piece supported on six balusters, including four small niches and a deep cornice. A moulded ceiling cornice runs throughout. The staircase is geometrically designed, with a curtail step, oak treads, a cut and bracketed string, square balusters, and a rosewood wreathed handrail. The north-east and north-west rooms on the first floor retain Georgian mantels and moulded ceiling cornices. Numerous six-panel doors are found on both the ground and first floors.