Gaddesby Hall

SK 61 SE GADDESBY off MAIN STREET

(east side) 8/92 Gaddesby Hall 22.6.87

II Country house. 1744, with additions 1868. Reduced by a storey and remodelled c.1950 by C. E. Ogden. Brick with limestone ashlar and reconstituted stone dressings with lead and slate roofs. Plinth, quoins, moulded eaves cornice, 4 lateral and single ridge coped brick stacks. Main south-west front, 2 storeys, has a recessed 3 bay centre with a central reeded Ionic doorcase with a fully glazed C20 door flanked by single glazing bar sashes and above, 3 similar sashes. All these sashes have rubbed brick splayed heads. Above again, moulded cornice and coped balustrade with a central crest. Beyond, on either side, a canted 2 storey bay, each with a first floor band, moulded cornice and coped parapet, and each with 3 glazing bar sashes on each floor. All these sashes have rubbed brick splayed heads. North end, now the entrance front, has an off-centre C20 portico with a pediment and a C20 panelled door. Rear elevation has C20 fenestration with glazing bar sashes. Interior, refitted mid C20 re-using original C19 dogleg staircase and panelling.

Listing NGR: SK6893513111