Enderby Hall

Enderby Hall is a former mansion, now divided into four apartments. The core of the building may date back to the 16th century, but it has undergone extensive alterations. West wings were added in the 17th century, with the north wing retaining some original features. A south wing from the 17th century was enlarged and significantly altered in the early and later 18th century and the 19th century. Further extensions were added to the east front in the 18th century, also altered in the 19th century. A service wing and tower were added to the north around 1860-70 for Charles Brook, who was responsible for much of the subsequent remodelling. Further alterations occurred in the 20th century. The exterior is colourwashed render with Swithland slate roofs. The style is largely Italianate, with two storeys and an attic. The building features parapets with mutilated cornices, and late 19th-century ground-floor projections to the south and east sides, with balustraded parapets. Quoins are present. Late 19th-century sash windows have segmental heads and moulded architrave surrounds, with lower windows featuring shoulders. The south front has eight bays, with a 19th-century projection of three windows either side of a projecting glazed wooden porch. Steps leading to the porch have an ornamental pierced balustrade. Upper windows are arranged in an irregular rhythm of 4:1:3. Two gabled dormers are visible. The east front displays an irregular main block, with a canted single-storey bay window to its left and a tall arched staircase window to its right. Further late 19th-century extensions in matching style are present, with an upper storey set back. The west front is even more irregular, but retains part of the 17th-century wing, featuring stone mullion and transom windows (four-light to the ground floor, three and two-light above). To the right of the lower window, a door is set within a large stone doorcase with a heavy broken segmental pediment. A 19th-century extension on this side includes a tower with corner pilasters, a cornice and cast-iron railings around a pyramid roof. The top stage of the tower has pairs of semicircular arches. The original hall is said to retain some timber framing. The remainder of the interior features lavish pine and plaster panelling in a late 17th–18th-century style, arched doorways, heavy doors and doorcases, ceiling cornices, and a staircase, mostly from the 19th century, possibly incorporating some older elements.