Whitwell Hall

Whitwell Hall is a manor house, dating from the 17th century, with significant alterations in the early 18th and early 19th centuries. It was formerly the seat of the Manners family. The building is constructed of coursed squared sandstone with sandstone dressings and quoins, and has stone slate and plain tile roofs with various ridge and lateral stacks. Stone coped gables are present, with moulded kneelers and finials. The house is two storeys and has attics.

The garden elevation features seven irregular bays. A projecting gabled bay to the left has a canted oriel window on the first floor, composed of 1-3-1 lights, a transom, and 19th-century gothic glazing. Above this is a recessed and chamfered two-light mullion window set within the gable. The return elevation to the right has a recessed and chamfered three-light mullioned and transom window on each floor. Two unequal gabled bays to the right have a two-light and a three-light recessed and chamfered mullioned window to the ground floor; a cross window and a four-light recessed and chamfered mullioned and transom window to the first floor; and a two-light window in the left-hand gable. The return wall to the right has a four-light recessed and chamfered mullioned and transom window to the first floor. Three bays are set back to the right; the ground floor features a two-light recessed and chamfered mullioned window, a doorway with a plain surround and a pair of half-glazed doors, a three-light recessed and chamfered mullioned window, a doorway flanked by single-light windows, and a two-light recessed and chamfered mullioned window. The first floor above has three five-light recessed and chamfered mullioned and transom windows. The east elevation is of five bays and includes an off-centre ashlar porch with a moulded round-arched entrance and a pierced parapet. To the left of the porch is a doorway with a plank door, and two four-light recessed and chamfered mullioned and transom windows. The first floor has three three-light recessed and chamfered mullioned and transom windows and two four-light recessed and chamfered mullioned and transom windows positioned under gabled half-dormers.

Inside, a ground floor room retains full-height raised and fielded panelling from the early 18th century, along with a bolection moulded stone chimneypiece and panelled shutters. An upper room has full-height panelling from the 17th century.