Hesketh Hall

Hesketh Hall is a building originally designed as a technical institute, now serving as a British Legion branch. It was constructed in 1903 by J.J. Talbot. The structure features stone and pebbledash on the first floor, with a hipped tile roof. It stands two storeys tall and has five bays. The top is adorned with a modillioned cornice and pedimented gablets over the central three bays.

On the ground floor, there are round-headed windows with three lights, each having a central sash with glazing bars. The end bay includes three windows, with the central one being segmental headed, and all are sashed with glazing bars. The first floor showcases Diocletian windows in the central three bays and three-light windows in the end bays, all fitted with small-paned casements.

The entrance is round-headed, featuring a segmental hood supported by Tuscan columns, leading to a half-glazed doorcase with Ionic colonnettes and a six-panel door. The fanlight above has a metal grille inscribed with "HESKETH HALL." The roof includes a ventilation drum topped with a cupola on Tuscan columns, with a shingled base.

The right return of the building is similar in design, featuring a lateral stack and a two-storey bay window with a swept segmental hood. There is an adjoining projecting two-bay wing under two gables. The jettied gables are decorated with an enriched frieze depicting animals, birds, a ship, and a dated cartouche. The first bay has a first-floor jettied over a five-light rectangular bay window, while the second bay boasts a large two-storey canted bay window with a cornice. The first floor features a canted oriel with a central round-headed light in the first bay. The roof has an ogival cupola with louvred sides.

The interior has been altered, but one room in the wing retains heavy timbers supporting the roof on cambered tie beams and central posts.