Ingarsby Old Hall And Chapel And Garden Wall

This is a country house with a chapel and garden wall, dating to the late 15th century, with additions and alterations in the 16th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. A stone dated 1706 indicates a period of rebuilding. The house is constructed of ashlar, with a plinth of coursed rubble stone in some areas, and has roofs of Swithland slate (some twin span) and Welsh slate to the rear. Brick end stacks and stone coped gables are also present.

The house is arranged in an L shape. The late 15th-century range projects forward on the left, connected to the main range by a 1930s linking section. The main range is two and a half storeys and has a basement, featuring mullion and transom windows with leaded lights. These windows are in groups of three, one, and three lights, with a gabled stone porch on the ground floor, having a two-leaved door leading up three stone steps; a single-light window sits above this. A basement window is visible to the right. There are two hipped dormers to the front. A single-story extension and a two-story extension to the rear both incorporate mullion windows.

The linking range has a pair of stone mullion and transom windows on its upper level, with a set-back three-light mullion window. The late 15th-century range showcases stone mullion windows with hood moulds, and the leaded lights have Tudor arched heads. Some of these windows are blocked. The gables of this range include kneelers and finials. On the inner return, there are two three-light windows on each floor, with a central ground floor single-light window. A doorway is also situated on this facade, along with a massive projecting stone stack with a 20th-century brick flue on the garden front. This wing, historically referred to as the Chapel, likely served domestic purposes; evidence for this includes a large first-floor fireplace with a garderobe and a moulded Tudor arch. A loose stone inscribed "W.G. 1698 or 9" was found on a window sill and may relate to the refronting of the main range during that period.

Inside the main range, a fireplace features two Ionic pilasters and an alabaster plaque inscribed with the arms of the Cave and Whalley families, dating to 1579. Fragments of possibly 16th-century painted glass, depicting crowns, fleurs-de-lys, and a portcullis, are set within the central first-floor windows.

A garden wall, approximately 2 meters high, constructed of coursed squared stone and topped with Swithland slate, extends around the garden. The estate was historically owned by the Lords Maynard from around 1640 until the 19th century.