Holmesfield Hall

Holmesfield Hall is a house dating from the early 17th century, with significant remodelling in the 18th century and refurbishment in 1983-5. It is constructed of ashlar and coursed rubble coal measures sandstone, with a shallow plinth, quoins, a moulded eaves cornice, ridge and gable ashlar stacks. The roof is of Welsh slate, with stone stacks to an 18th-century addition at the rear. The building is L-shaped, and evidence suggests there was originally an advanced wing to the east end.

The south elevation has two storeys and three bays, featuring 3-light flush mullioned windows to the end bays and a 4-light window to the centre. The first-floor windows are shallower than those on the ground floor, with their cills linked by a continuous band course. A ground floor window at the west end is blocked. A doorway is situated west of the centre, incorporating a moulded architrave, a pulvinated frieze, and a bracketed broken pediment supporting an achievement with the motto 'VIRTUS ARDUA VINCET'. The doorway has a 20th-century panelled door. The west elevation features a flush mullioned and transomed window; the basement level is now blocked. There is a single light, a 4-light and a taller 2-light mullioned window beneath dripmoulds, the 4-light opening’s dripmould having label stops. Two first-floor sash windows are in flush surrounds, and a single light opening is blocked to the east. The east elevation displays mid-wall quoining, which predates the 17th-century 2-light chamfer mullioned windows to the east end, with the central example being blocked. To the west of the intermediate quoining, there are two glazing bar sashes, each with 4x4 panes and three narrower lights above.

The interior includes 17th-century oak square panelling in two ground floor rooms, with some 18th-century panelling also. Elsewhere, at ground and first floor levels, there is pine plank and muntin partitioning with simple scratch mould decoration. An ornamental overmantle with strapwork and carved embellishment is in the eastern ground floor room, which also features 17th-century moulded plaster ceilings divided into square panels, with applied enrichment to beam soffits and panels. Disturbed panels of ceiling plasterwork on the south side provide evidence of a lost advanced wing. The central ground floor room has a 17th-century stone hearth with a massive cambered head and quoined surround. A late 17th-century triple arch hearth range is retained in the west range.