Clipsham Hall

Clipsham Hall is a country house dating from around 1700, with a wall built in 1582 and mid-19th century additions. The building is constructed of ashlar stone and features a plinth and a high hipped roof made of Collyweston slate. It has four moulded ashlar ridge stacks, a very small parapet, and a moulded cornice. The house is 2½ storeys tall and has an entrance front with ten 1/1 sash windows that have moulded stone frames and keystones.

The central section of the façade was altered in the mid-19th century to project forward, featuring three windows beneath a pediment that includes a cartouche of arms in the tympanum. Below this is a semi-circular open porch supported by four Roman Doric columns, accessed by two stone steps. Above the modillion cornice are three carved stone crests depicting a head and two heraldic animals. The doorway is adorned with a pediment, a cushion frieze, and a part-glazed door. The roof has six dormers, each with 6/6 sash windows.

On the left end of the house, there is a sash window on both floors and two additional sashes in a mid-19th century one-storey extension at the rear. The right end features more windows, two blocked mullion windows, and a stone tablet displaying a coat of arms dated 1582.

The rear, or garden front, has a central portion on the left where the main roof breaks forward in a hipped style reminiscent of French architecture. The right side includes a stack and a 4/4 sash dormer, similar to the left side. Below this is a slightly projecting central section with sash windows on both floors. This section features a Venetian door motif with a door made of two part-glazed leaves, a fanlight above, and a 4/4 sash window on either side. An impost band runs above the doorway, with a sill band and a 6/6 sash window set within an elaborate pedimented frame above. The pediment at parapet level contains a stone cartouche of arms. To the left of the central portion is a two-storey projection with a flat roof, additional sashes, and a dormer on the roof behind. To the right are two sash windows on both floors and a dormer above. On the extreme right is a mid-19th century one-storey addition with a low hipped roof, a projecting stack on the left, and a large canted bay with sash windows. Inside, some contemporary features remain.