Eccleston Hall

Eccleston Hall is an early 1830s hospital administration building, originally the house of Samuel Taylor, a cotton manufacturer. The earlier house on the site was demolished in 1824. The building is constructed of sandstone ashlar with a Welsh slate hipped roof. The plan comprises an entrance and vestibule to the east side, a central stair-hall, principal rooms to the south overlooking the garden, and other private rooms to the north. There are two rear wings; one to the northwest containing services, and the other to the southwest, likely a billiards room and the only single-storey section of the otherwise two-storeyed building.

The east front has three bays, with the centre bay recessed and featuring a tripartite sash window with glazing bars above the entrance. It is flanked by plain 12-pane hornless sash windows in the side bays, with a plain entablature supported by two Greek Doric columns. The south (garden) elevation has a 1:3:1 arrangement, with the central bays projecting as a shallow curved wing. This elevation has 12-pane sashes in reveals to the first floor, tripartite glazed garden doors to the side bays, and double French windows recessed behind four Greek Doric attached columns to the centre bays. A single-storey, three-window range, probably the billiards room, is also part of this front, featuring two-light windows with moulded surrounds and lintels on console brackets. The north elevation is plain, with sash windows. The service wing has sash and casement windows under hood moulds.

The interior features marble fireplaces, plaster cornices, and moulded door surrounds throughout. The staircase has stick balusters, and the stair hall is lit by two large round-headed windows. A Victorian fireplace is in the vestibule.