Kettlethorpe Hall

Kettlethorpe Hall is a small but exquisite house dated 1727, as indicated by the keystone at the center of the first floor. The building is two stories tall with five windows and one-story outer bays. It is constructed of ashlar stone with quoins, a first-floor band, an enriched cornice, and a tall parapet featuring scrolled sides and urn finials, some of which were removed at the time of the survey. A tall central chimney stack is surrounded by separate column shafts linked by an entablature. The sash windows have glazing bars and are set in architraves with sculptured keystones on the first floor, as well as in raised surrounds with entablatures and pediments adorned with ornamentation of fruit, flowers, and animals below. The doorcase features strapwork pilasters and a bracketed serpentine pediment with a draped escutcheon, while the initials "ANA" are found on the key. There are considerable early and late 19th-century additions at the back of the house. Inside, some woodwork remains, along with a few fireplaces that have cut original plasterwork, except for some single cornices. The staircase has carved tread ends and a ramped handrail, situated in a stairwell with dado panelling and a domed roof light. Several attractive Victorian chimneypieces are also present.