Skelbrooke Hall

Skelbrooke Hall is a country house dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of rubble limestone and features a 20th-century tile roof. The building stands three storeys tall and has five bays, with a single-bay projection set back on the left, and the angle infilled by a single-storey block. The exterior showcases large quoins and a chamfered plinth.

An enclosed porch, made of early 19th-century sandstone ashlar, has double doors and a fanlight with glazing bars, flanked by Doric columns and topped with a pediment. The windows are sashes with glazing bars, soffit-moulded sills, and projecting square-faced surrounds. The cornice at the eaves is modillioned and from the 19th century. The hipped roof features transverse, multiple-flue ridge stacks, with a small end stack on the right and a front-wall stack on the bay set back on the left. At the rear, there are later external steps, and one window retains its hoodmould. The enlarged double-chamfered surrounds are above a dripmould, and the right return shows extensive remains of double-chamfered window surrounds, along with two round-headed stair windows with glazing bars.

Inside, the ground-floor room to the left has a keyed arch leading to an Ionic fireplace, with an achievement of arms above featuring an eagle. Ionic pilasters adorn the other walls, accompanied by plaster festoons and floral drops, and a plaster mirror surround crowned by a swan. The 18th-century staircase has turned balusters and a handrail topped with later cross-braced openwork panels. The first-floor room to the front right contains early 18th-century raised, fielded panelling, while the room to the front left boasts an excellent plaster ceiling with a circular panel in the Adam style.

Skelbrooke Hall was formerly the residence of the Neville family. Notably, the plaster panels in the ground-floor room were made from the same moulds as those at Blenheim Palace. Captain John Brown, who served as adjutant to John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, during the Battle of Blenheim, is said to be associated with the house.