Elvington Hall

Elvington Hall is a house with Elizabethan origins, significantly altered and extended in the mid-to-late 18th century and with a wing added around 1920. The 18th-century additions are reputedly by John Carr. It is constructed of reddish-orange brick in Flemish bond, pinkish-brown brick in English garden wall bond, with red brick and ashlar dressings, and a Welsh slate roof.

The garden front, representing the 18th-century work, is two storeys with three bays, with a 20th-century two-bay addition to the right and a lower three-bay service wing. The original central entrance has been replaced with a 20th-century glazed door under a fanlight with radial glazing bars. The door is set within a likely early 19th-century doorcase of pilasters supporting a frieze, dentil cornice and open dentil pediment, within a round-arched recess of red gauged brick. Outer bays are canted to full height. Twelve-pane sashes are present throughout, set within flat arches of red gauged brick, with continuous sill bands. A dentil frieze runs along the top. The roof is hipped with separate roofs to each bay. Cast iron rainwaterheads are visible. The 20th-century additions include a single and a canted bay, built in a similar style. The service wing features tripartite and twelve-pane sashes. End and ridge stacks are present.

The rear entrance is a six-panel double door in a Corinthian doorcase with a dentil frieze and pediment.

Internally, 18th-century features include neo-classical cornices, friezes, fireplace surrounds, window and door mouldings to the ground and first floor rooms of the left-hand bay. The hall and lobby have a modillion cornice. A late 18th- or early 19th-century fireplace, brought from elsewhere, is in the dining room. An open-well staircase with column-on-vase balusters, two per tread, was installed around 1920. Six-panel doors are a consistent feature.