Ribby Hall

Ribby Hall is a mansion house built in the 1790s for Joseph Hornby, which has now been converted into private suites. The building features scored stucco and hipped slate roofs, and it lacks chimneys. It has an extended U-plan with a 7-bay north front facing the garden, a shorter 7-bay receding west wing that serves as the entrance front, and a 3-bay receding east wing, along with various extensions to the rear. The mansion is two storeys tall, with prominent 12-pane sashed windows on both levels, a low cornice, and a parapet. The entrance front includes a three-bay Tuscan porch at the third bay and a large full-height semicircular three-window bay at the right end. To the right, there is a long single-storey flat-roofed range with two bay windows and three sashes. The garden front features a semicircular three-window bay in the centre and a similar bay at the returned left end. The east wing has two larger and two smaller windows at the ground floor but is otherwise similar, with an altered continuation to the rear. The rear of the building has a large Venetian stairlight window. Inside, there is a screen of two Doric columns between the axial passage and the imperial staircase, which ascends in one flight and returns in two flights.