Calveley Hall

Calveley Hall is a hall built in 1684 for Lady Mary Calveley, later remodeled in 1818 for Sir Thomas Legh of Lyme, with some 20th-century alterations. The building is constructed of rendered brick with stone quoins and a plinth, topped with a hipped Welsh slate roof and two brick chimneys. It features a symmetrical, three-storey, seven-bay front arranged as 1:2:1:2:1, with the end bays set back and containing 12-pane sash windows, one of which has been altered to a patio window. The central five bays form the main block, showcasing flush 12-pane sashes in plain reveals, and a high solid parapet with sunken panels above the windows. The entrance doorcase is adorned with reeded columns, a semi-circular fanlight with radial glazing bars, and a six-panelled door. At the rear, 17th-century brickwork is visible, featuring a slight band and cornice.

Inside, the entrance lobby, likely taken from the left-hand room which lacks 17th-century features, leads to an impressive broad staircase. This staircase has a shallow flight, a square landing, and a second flight to the left, with double spiral newels topped with Baroque fruitbowl finials displaying the Calveley arms. The balusters are double spiral, and the handrail is heavily moulded, decorated with a frieze of intertwining roses and boughs of fruit. The room to the right features painted bolection moulded panelling, similar doors with H-hinges, and a simple contemporary plaster ceiling. The main three-bay room upstairs has unpainted panelling throughout, a notable overmantel bearing the arms of Sir Hugh Calveley, carved lily leaves around the bolection, and hanging garlands of fruit and foliage on the sides, along with carved acanthus in the pulvinated frieze. Contemporary doors are also present. The adjacent room features only a panelled dado and a frieze with panels for tapestries, which have since been removed.