Whatcroft Hall

Whatcroft Hall is a mansion dating primarily from the late 18th century, though with an earlier appearance to its garden front. It is constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, topped with a slate hipped roof. The building is two stories high and consists of six bays, with a five-bay garden front.

The entrance front features full-height projecting corner pilasters, each topped with a stone ogee finial at roof level. The front door is a pair of three-panel doors enclosed within a pilastered doorcase, decorated with a festoon and foliage frieze and a dentil pediment. Recessed sash windows have glazing bars, stone sills, and flat arches. A moulded eaves gutter runs around the building. The garden front (south-west) has a brick first-floor band, four French windows, and sash windows with exposed weight boxes.

At the rear (south-east), a fully glazed door is set within a pilastered and pedimented doorcase, accompanied by sash windows. The north-east elevation features a six-panel door with a radial bar fanlight, along with sash windows exhibiting exposed weight boxes and flat arches.

A copper-covered ogee cupola, surmounted by a weather vane, rises from a high drum. This drum contains four two-light Gothick windows. The roof has lead hips and a plain stack attached to an external wall.

Inside, a stone spiral staircase with a curtail step, a high-quality metal trellis balustrade, and a hardwood wreathed handrail occupies a cylindrical well below the cupola. The cupola drum features a Vitruvian scroll band at its base, an openwork roll cornice, and a cove at the base of the cupola itself. The interior of the cupola also contains fan-like spandrels and radiating ribs leading to a central foliage motif ceiling rose, which supports a brass chandelier. The entrance hall has a ceiling divided into large and small intersecting squares, and an ornate fireplace with carved archivolts, a floral frieze, and an egg and dart cornice. The northwest room features panelled linings to the sash windows, a fireplace with festoon and urn details, and a built-up plaster cornice. The northeast room has a fireplace with garlands, console blocks, and a dentil cornice, while its ceiling section displays an egg and dart plaster cornice incorporating fruit motifs. Six-panel doors are found throughout the building.