Burrow Hall

Burrow Hall is a country house built around 1740 by Westby Gill for Robert Fenwick. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar with a slate roof. The south facade presents a symmetrical seven-bay design, with the central three bays projecting and topped by a pediment. Features include chamfered quoins, a dentil cornice, a solid parapet, sashed windows with glazing bars, and an Ionic porch with a modillioned pediment. A cartouche with festoons is within the pediment. There are two chimneys on the ridge, flanking the pediment. The cornice and parapet continue across all facades.

The east facade is ten bays wide, featuring sashed windows with glazing bars and cyma-moulded stone surrounds. A doorway, in the fourth bay, has a surround of alternate rustication and a Tuscan porch with a pediment. The west side incorporates a south block and a north wing, projecting to create an open courtyard. Windows on this side are similar to those on the east facade. Doorways with architraves and triangular pediments are within the wall forming the east side of the courtyard, and a stair window with a round head is in the north wall of the south block.

The interior contains richly decorated plasterwork, attributed to Francesco Vassalli and Martino Quadry. The entrance hall features a Doric screen of three arches leading to the stair hall, a triglyph frieze, and a cornice featuring mutules and guttae. The ceiling exhibits raised mouldings, corner medallions, scrolls, interweaving bands and other Baroque ornament. Above the fireplace is a trophy of arms. The drawing room is lined with raised and fielded panelling with an oak-leaf frieze, and has a marble fireplace and a doorcase with a triangular pediment. The ceiling style is similar to that of the hall. The dining room has unpainted oak panelling and a ceiling with medallions and a simpler decorative scheme. The mahogany stair rises on three sides of an open well, with three turned balusters to each tread. The stair hall ceiling has a Baroque design incorporating medallions of Roman emperors, Newton, and Milton. The main first-floor room is panelled and has a carved marble fireplace. The ceiling features corner medallions depicting the Labours of Hercules and a sunk panel showing Flora being offered a basket of flowers.