Alfreton Hall

Alfreton Hall is a remaining section of a country house, now serving as an education centre, built in 1898. The structure is made of ashlar stone and features a hipped slate roof with external corniced ashlar stacks at the rear. It stands two storeys high and has eleven bays, with the two western bays being lower and set back significantly, while the single bay to the east is also slightly recessed. The building has a deep moulded plinth and rusticated pilasters that extend full height at the corners and between bays eight and nine. A moulded eaves cornice breaks forward over these pilasters, topped with a balustrade featuring square piers and vase-shaped balusters in between. Notably, there is a large pedimented panel above the doorcase in bay five.

A datestone located at the base of the pilaster between bays eight and nine is inscribed with 'CRPM, PMPM, RCAPM, CWSPM, July 1st 1898'. The loggia in bays four, five, and six on the ground floor has three moulded and rusticated semicircular arches on large impost blocks, supported by four Tuscan columns. Above this is a triglyphed frieze and a moulded cornice. Behind the loggia, there are central double glazed panelled doors with a divided overlight, flanked by full-height plain sash windows. There are three similar sashes to the west and four to the east, along with inserted doors in bay eight. The first floor features eleven similar sash windows, all set within moulded architraves. The window above the doorcase in bay five has a pulvinated frieze and a pediment, and there is a thin stringcourse above the first-floor windows from bays three to ten.

Inside, the hall boasts oak panelling, large fireplaces with oak overmantles, and plasterwork ceilings in two ground floor rooms and the eastern bedrooms. Moulded cornices and marble fireplaces can be found in other areas.

This building is the only remnant of a much larger country house built around 1724-1725 for George Morewood, designed by Francis Smith of Warwick, which has since been demolished.