Peatling Hall And Garden Walls

Peatling Hall is a country house located on Main Street in Peatling Parva. The core of the building dates from the late 17th century or early 18th century, and it was extended by architect Detmar Blow around 1910. The house is constructed of brick with stone quoins and features a Swithland slate roof.

The entrance front faces south and consists of five bays and two tall storeys, with the leftmost bay being an addition by Blow. He also added a projecting full-height porch, which has a round arched doorway flanked and surmounted by slender pilasters with shallow moulded entablatures. The windows are tall and slender, featuring fine gauged brick heads with stone keys. The glazing consists of 30-light sashes, which may also be attributed to Blow. The parapet has recessed panels and a hipped roof that is set back.

The garden front presents a dramatic height, with five bays and canted projecting bay windows on each floor. The northernmost bay was also added by Blow, creating a symmetrical appearance. The central range is narrow but rises three storeys high, with central French doors. The window detailing mirrors that of the entrance, and the parapet continues along this front. The five bays to the right were originally two storeys but have been altered to a flat roof.

The north gable wall illustrates the relationship between the new and old work, featuring two parallel ridges. The western ridge is clearly from the 18th century and includes two sets of paired 16-light sashes to the left of a ground floor doorway, as well as round arched windows with decorative glazing that illuminate the staircase beyond. There are two moulded sill bands.

Inside, there is an early 18th-century staircase with turned balusters and fretted decoration on the cheeks. The garden wall is attached to the house at the southwest and northwest angles, forming a walled garden and a larger boundary wall that ends in gate piers topped with stone ball finials. The wall is constructed of brick, buttressed, with facing brick copings.