Luffenham Hall

Luffenham Hall is a mansion dating from the mid 16th century through the 18th century, with extensions in the early 20th century by Gambier Parry. It is constructed of ashlar and coursed rubble stone, with quoins and stone dressings, and has a Collyweston slate roof with several moulded stone ridge, end, and side stacks. The building has an irregular outline and is mainly of two and a half storeys.

The entrance front is divided into two main sections. The left-hand section, dating to the mid to late 16th century, features stone mullion windows, with a central, projecting three-storey gable. This gable has a two-light window on each floor. A massive projecting side stack is located on the left end, and a wing, added in the early 20th century, extends to the left, mirroring the window style. The right-hand section of the entrance front is of ashlar construction, dating to the early 17th century, and boasts a series of three two-light mullion and transom windows. Below the first-floor window on the left is a doorway surmounted by a stone coat of arms of the Digby family. A part-glazed door gives access to the hall. Above the doorway is a large, elaborate Dutch gable with a central mullion and transom window. A gabled wing from the early 20th century is positioned to the right, featuring stone mullion windows.

The rear, garden front, shows a twin-span section of early 17th-century ashlar, refaced in the early 18th century. Features include a plinth, a first-floor band, and a mutule cornice. It has two and a half storeys of four twelve-pane sash windows within moulded stone frames. Above are four hipped dormers, and on the ground floor, three lengthened windows with nine-pane sashes. A stone-framed doorway with a stone canopy supported by consoles is situated to the centre-right, leading to seven stone steps and a two-leaved part-glazed door. An overlight above contains glazing bars arranged in an oval pattern. Six moulded stone stacks run along the roofline.

The left end shows two two-light mullion and transom windows on both floors, a three-light mullion window in the gable, two basement two-lights and, extending to the left, an early 20th-century wing with a two-storey canted bay. To the right of the central section is a gable with a French window, and a dormer with a two-light stone mullion window.

The interior retains noteworthy features including an early 17th-century oak staircase with turned balusters, early 18th-century panelling and a marble fireplace in the Drawing Room, an early 17th-century fireplace and oak panelling (partly of the same date) in the Dining Room, and further 17th and 18th-century panelling and a 17th-century stone fireplace on the first floor. A cambered beam is found in the fireplace in the former kitchen. This mansion formerly served as the Manor House and replaced an earlier hall on an adjacent site which was demolished in 1806. Ownership passed from the Harrington family (1538-1599) to the Digby family until the mid 18th century.