Saxby Hall

SE 91 NE SAXBY ALL SAINTS MAIN STREET (west side)

7/63 Saxby Hall

19.10.51

GV II

House. Early C19 remodelling of C18 or earlier house. C19 additions to left and wing of 1935 to right of no special interest. Early C19 section probably for John Barton. C20 section for John Hope-Barton. Brick, colourwashed. Pantile roof. Main ranges L-shaped on plan: early section 3 rooms deep with early C19 2-room central entrance hall front, large C20 wing set back to right with entrance in angle, and smaller C19 wing set back to left. Main entrance front; 2:storeys, 3 bays; symmetrical. Doorcase with fluted pilasters, tall frieze, cornice and hood; half-glazed door with 9 panes above 2 fielded panels, beneath radial fanlight in arched panelled reveal. Flanking full-height segmental bow windows have 3 flush 12-pane sashes to each floor with panelled stucco flat arches and cill bands. Central 12-pane sash with similar arch above entrance. Hipped roof. End stacks. C20 wooden ground floor veranda with fretwork frieze and concave sloping roof. Right return: full-height canted brick bay window with first floor band, three 12-pane sashes to each floor with ashlar parapet. Wings, in similar materials, are in a harmonious style to main block. Interior of early section: open well staircase with ramped and wreathed handrail and plain balusters; moulded cornices to main rooms; beaded-panel window shutters and doors in architrave throughout.

Listing NGR: SE9910216536