Benningholme Hall

Benningholme Hall is a house built between 1820 and 1830 for Robert Harrison, with later additions and alterations, including a late 20th-century range to the left that is of no special interest. The building is constructed of gault brick with orange brick and ashlar dressings, topped with a Welsh slate roof. It features a double range plan, with the main block comprising two storeys and five bays, alongside a recessed two-storey single-bay range to the left and two further 20th-century bays of no special interest.

The hall has an ashlar plinth and a central entrance that consists of a six-fielded-panel door flanked by margin lights, topped by a segmental fanlight with decorative glazing, all beneath an Ionic portico supported by paired columns. The frieze, cornice, and blocking course add to the portico's elegance. There is an additional entrance to the recessed left bay, featuring a part-glazed door and overlight with vertical glazing bars under a flat arch of gauged brick. The windows throughout are 12-pane sashes with margin lights, all set on ashlar sills and beneath flat arches of gauged orange brick. The ground floor windows are within elliptically arched recesses, with the arches made of rubbed orange brick. A band of ashlar sills runs along the first floor, and the building has overhanging eaves, a hipped roof, and side stacks.

The garden facade consists of two storeys and six bays. The entrances to the second and sixth bays are part-glazed doors, with the second bay featuring a blocked overlight and a pilastered surround with a frieze and modillion hood. The sixth bay entrance has an overlight. The first and fourth bays are bowed to full height and have curved sash windows with decorative glazing, while the other windows are casements, some also featuring similar decorative glazing, all set below flat brick arches. An ornate cast-iron verandah enhances the facade.

Inside, the entrance hall boasts a modillion cornice, and there are six-fielded-panel doors, some within moulded architraves. The interior also features some marble fireplaces and window shutters on certain windows.