Tetley Hall

Tetley Hall is a house with adjoining ranges located off Wharf Road at Crowle. The main range dates from 1829–39 and was built for Henry Lister Maw, while the courtyard range to the right belongs to the mid to late 18th century and was constructed for George Stovin (later Lister). The buildings are constructed of red-brown brick, with the main range roofed in Welsh slate and the courtyard range in pantile.

The main range is T-shaped in plan, comprising a south front with two rooms, a central entrance hall, and a stairhall with small study to the rear. A small courtyard lies to the east, enclosed by a screen wall to the south and outbuildings to the east. The altered range to the north side is not of special interest.

The south front of the main range is two storeys tall and four bays wide, with an asymmetrical arrangement. A stucco plinth runs along the base. The entrance, set in the third bay, has a step leading to large flush-panelled double doors with an overlight featuring margin lights in the reveal, all set beneath a rubbed-brick cambered arch. To the left is a pair of French windows with margin lights. To the right stands a full-height segmental bow containing a full-length ground-floor tripartite sash window and a shorter first-floor tripartite sash with glazing bars. Twelve-pane sashes to the left complete the fenestration. All windows have sills and rubbed-brick cambered arches. A stepped brick eaves band and deep eaves are features of the elevation, with a hipped roof above. Central and side wall stacks have chamfered shafts and stone coping.

The left return and rear wing feature 16-pane sashes and a panelled cellar door set beneath a window with margin lights. The rear elevation displays a tall round-headed stair-window with margin lights and 16-pane sashes.

The courtyard range comprises a coped screen wall adjoining to the right at single-storey height, which includes a blocked entrance with a rubbed-brick segmental arch, chamfered ashlar keystone, and quoins to the top, base and centre of the jambs. An east range adjoins at right angles, forming a single-storey outhouse with a segmental-arched door to the left, a dentilled brick eaves cornice, and tumbled-in brick to the gables with stone coping and shaped kneelers. A short section of stone-coped wall to the right adjoins the north range and has a segmental-arched entrance with ashlar dressings similar to those of the south screen wall. The courtyard contains a water pump bearing a relief figure and the date 1767.

The interior of the main range is largely unaltered. The entrance lobby features a half-glazed panelled door and sidelights with glazing bars, leading into a hall with moulded cornice and a round-arched opening to the stairhall. The open-well cantilevered staircase has re-set panelling below, a wreathed handrail, fluted balusters, and profiled cheek-pieces. Round-arched openings to the first floor and a moulded cornice to the upper hall are notable features.

The large drawing room on the ground floor to the left is particularly fine, with plasterwork featuring an acanthus ceiling rose with anthemion border and a moulded cornice and frieze. The chimney-piece is a composition work with detached fluted columns, acanthus capitals, and a frieze bearing a figure in an oval surround flanked by figures and festoons, with a moulded cornice above. The grey marble slip is moulded, and a late 19th-century projecting tiled fireplace from Sprotborough Hall has been inserted.

The dining room on the ground floor to the right has plasterwork with a grapevine frieze and moulded cornice, with a black marble chimney-piece featuring pilasters and a small raised shield to the frieze. The rear study has a moulded cornice. The main rooms throughout are fitted with panelled window shutters and 6-panelled doors set in pedimented architraves. The interior has not been fully investigated.

The earlier courtyard range is similar in character to the stable and granary ranges to the south, one of which bears wrought-iron letters "G S" and an incomplete date "178-".