Holme Hall

Holme Hall is a house that has been converted into two dwellings. The east front dates from the late 17th century to early 18th century, while the rear wings were added in the late 18th century and 19th century. The early part of the building was likely constructed for John Morley. The structure features coursed limestone rubble that is colourwashed, with ashlar dressings. The rear wings are made of brick and coursed limestone rubble with brick dressings. The roofs are slate, and there are brick stacks.

The house is two storeys high and five bays wide, with a layout that includes four rooms across and one room deep. The entrance hall is located second from the right, with a stair hall to the left. The central entrance has a plain beaded ashlar surround and features an early 20th-century panelled door beneath a plain rectangular overlight in a wooden architrave with a hood. The windows are 12-pane sashes with wooden architraves in beaded ashlar surrounds, some with projecting keystones and thick glazing bars. One window on the ground floor left was lengthened in the 1940s, complete with an ashlar surround, cill, and glazing bars.

The building has a moulded wooden cornice and modillions that support the wooden gutter. The hipped roof is finished with lead flashings. There are two axial stacks: a 20th-century stack to the left and a larger rendered brick stack to the right with projecting bands. The left and right returns have 12-pane sashes, with the right side featuring ashlar surrounds and cogged brick eaves cornices.

The left return wing serves as a secondary garden front and is a two-storey, three-bay wing with an entrance on the right. It has a 20th-century part-glazed door with side and over-lights beneath a projecting arched wooden porch. The windows are 12-pane flush sashes under stucco cambered arches, with a blind central window panel. The wing has a cogged brick eaves cornice and a stone-coped gable with shaped kneelers. There is a lower contemporary single-bay extension to the left with similar windows and details.

Inside the front range, there is a fine open-well staircase featuring a boldly-moulded string, column-on-vase-and-bulb balusters, and a moulded handrail. The ground floor right has a fielded panel dado, and there are panelled doors and window shutters throughout. The cellar is barrel-vaulted and constructed of limestone rubble. Holme Hall was the home of the Morleys, a prominent Catholic family, for many centuries.