Lonsdale Hall: part of Derby College of Higher Education

Lonsdale Hall, part of the Derby College of Higher Education, is a house built in 1856 and enlarged in 1890. It was likely designed by T.C. Hine from Nottingham for Mr. William Bemrose, the founder of Bemrose Ltd (Printers). The building features red brick construction with millstone grit sandstone ashlar dressings and Welsh slate roofs, along with five brick stacks. Notable architectural details include a chamfered plinth, cill and lintel bands, bracketed eaves, and ashlar coped gables with kneelers. The structure is two storeys high.

The east entrance front has a gabled wing to the left, which includes a two-storey square bay window with plain sash windows. To the right, there is a set-back three-storey entrance tower topped by a pyramidal roof. The doorway features an ashlar surround with Gothic shafts and a segmental head with a hood mould, a six-panel door with an overlight, and a round-headed window above with an ashlar surround, keystone, and hood. Above this is a small quatrefoil window.

On the south garden front, there is an off-centre two-storey canted bay window, with a single window on each floor to the right, and to the left, a doorway with an ashlar surround and a narrow window beyond. Above, there is a single window and a smaller window to the left. Beyond this is a projecting two-storey ballroom wing with a gabled south front, featuring three windows on the ground floor and two above, along with a small plaque in the gable inscribed '1890'.

Inside, Lonsdale Hall retains many original features, including doors and cornices. There is an elaborate wooden hall screen and two carved wooden fireplaces by Joseph B. Robinson. The ballroom boasts elaborate plasterwork, a large inglenook with a wooden columned fire surround, and Adam style tiles. The staircase is a single flight with two turned wooden balusters per tread, and the remaining fireplaces have plain marble surrounds and well-preserved grates.