Foxdenton Hall

Foxdenton Hall is a Grade II* listed house built between 1710 and 1730 for Alexander Radclyffe, incorporating features and stonework from a 1620 building for William Radclyffe. The structure is made of English garden wall bond brick with a stone basement and quoins, topped by a graduated stone slate roof. It has a U-shaped plan with two storeys plus a basement, designed in an Anglo-classical style. The façade features three bays with two-bay wings on either side. The stone basement includes 2-light double-chamfered stone mullion windows and a former door lintel inscribed "WR1620". The building has rusticated quoins and a bold modillion eaves cornice that projects at the central bay on both the front and rear. The steep hipped roof has two large rebuilt ridge chimney stacks. Central entrances at the front and rear have panelled doors with moulded surrounds and pediments on enriched brackets. There are six ground floor and seven first floor windows on both the front and rear, featuring slightly recessed 28-pane sash windows, many of which have been replaced with copies. Only one of the three original dormer windows remains on the rear roof.

Inside, the central room has a large bolection-moulded fire surround and provides access to the parlour in the west wing and the stair and kitchen in the east wing. The oak stair features a deep moulded handrail, turned balusters on a closed string, and square newels with sunk panels. The entrance hall has wall panelling from 1620, with additional panelling from 1700 found elsewhere. Oak ceiling beams and 18th-century fireplaces add to the interior's character. Foxdenton Hall is a distinguished early Georgian house, particularly rare in this region.