Brizlincote Hall Farmhouse

House. Built in 1707 for the Second Earl of Chesterfield. The house is constructed of red brick with sandstone ashlar detailing, and has a hipped plain tile roof with two prominent red brick and ashlar stacks. A chamfered stone plinth, projecting stone quoins, a moulded first floor band, and a moulded dentil band are noteworthy features. Segmental pediments extend across the full width of each facade. The rectangular plan is arranged over two storeys and attics. The north elevation is of five symmetrical bays, including a semi-basement with four windows. A flight of five semi-circular steps leads to a central doorway with a moulded architrave and swan-neck pediment resting on moulded consoles, repeated at right angles against the wall. The doorway has a half-glazed door. An inscription above the door reads "NON IGNARA MALI MISERIS SUCCURRERE DISCO AD 1714" (Not ignorant of ill, I learn to help the unhappy). To the left of the door are two glazing bar sash windows within moulded architraves. To the right, one architrave contains a blind window, and the other a cross window casement. The first floor has five windows in similar moulded architraves with alternating segmental and triangular pediments. Cross window casements are present in all but the left window, which is blind. Within the pediment above the windows is a central blind window with a triangular pediment, flanked by glazing bar sashes in moulded architraves with swan-neck pediments, in turn flanked by blind circular windows. The south elevation is largely similar, with mostly 19th-century casement windows. Above the doorway is the inscription "HOMO LUPUS AD 1714" (Man is a Wolf to Man). The two-bay east elevation features 19th-century single-bar sash windows in 18th-century moulded architraves, with similar windows above set within pedimented architraves. Two circular windows are located in the pediment, one of which is blind. A lower 19th and 20th-century wing to the west is not of particular interest. The interior includes brick-vaulted basement service rooms, and a large four-centred arched fireplace, presumably in what was originally the kitchen. Windows feature circular splays. The ground floor rooms have been largely altered. The main hall contains a large four-centred arched fireplace bay. One room has an Adam style chimneypiece. From the hall, a door opens to a simple dogleg staircase. The attic staircase has a 20th-century-style balustrade. The first floor is designed as a piano nobile, with all rooms featuring bolection moulded panelling and matching doors. One room retains a double cornice with an egg and dart pattern. The attic contains four boxed-in lead cisterns which drain water from the roof.