Worsley House

Worsley House is a house built in 1857, constructed from red brick in Flemish bond with grey brick and sandstone ashlar dressings, topped with a Welsh slate roof. It features a double-depth plan with a central entrance hall and a service wing at the rear right. The house is two storeys high and has three symmetrical bays, with the central bay being narrower and recessed.

The entrance is accessed by two stone steps leading to a half-glazed panelled door, which has an early 20th-century stained glass design of a sailing ship. This door is set beneath a moulded cornice and a stained glass overlight, framed by a rubbed-brick round arch with a stepped ashlar keystone. Above the entrance, a panelled roof forms the floor of a segmental-bowed first-floor balcony, which is adorned with a foliate cast iron balustrade. The windows are recessed 12-pane sashes with painted eared and shouldered surrounds, ashlar sills, and keyed segmental arches. A two-course grey brick band runs along the first floor, where the central bay features a sash window with stained glass margin lights beneath a keyed segmental arch, with a panelled soffit and a panelled wooden ogee-arched head to the recess. The eaves are plain, and the roof is hipped with a pair of corniced stacks.

On the left return, there are pairs of 12-pane sashes on each floor beneath cambered arches. Inside, the entrance hall boasts a moulded cornice, frieze, and ceiling roses, with a basket-arched opening leading to the stairhall, which features large scrolled acanthus brackets, an archivolt, and a panelled soffit. Panelled doors are set in basket-arched archivolts. The open-well staircase has a wreathed handrail, turned balusters, and a newel-post with scrolled tread-ends, along with a stained glass stair window and a moulded cornice in the upper hall. The ground-floor rooms have moulded cornices, with the left room showcasing a bold plasterwork frieze adorned with swags of fruit. The first-floor rooms also feature cornices and original chimney pieces. Worsley House is notable for being a very complete mid-19th-century house that retains its Regency style.