Leesthorpe Hall And Adjoining Stable Cottage

Leesthorpe Hall is a small country house with an adjoining stable cottage, dating from the late 17th century, with alterations and additions in the late 18th century and 1846. It is constructed of limestone ashlar and brick, with limestone dressings, and has hipped slate and patterned tile roofs. The south front has five bays, featuring rusticated quoins, a first-floor band, coved eaves, and a hipped roof with a coped flat top. A central 19th-century flat-roofed porch has a keystoned round-headed doorway flanked by single pilasters topped with an entablature, a panelled two-leaf door with a plain fanlight, and a transomed casement to each side. Above are five wooden cross-mullioned casements, and above again, three dormers with volutes and segmental heads, each containing a two-light casement. Two one-and-a-half-storey wings, added in 1846, extend on either side, each with a canted parapeted bay window and paired cross casements. Dormers with volutes and segmental heads, each with a two-light casement, are above these windows. A single-bay addition is set back to the right, with a similar dormer above. The rear elevation features five wooden cross casements on each floor and three segmental-headed dormers above. A two-story 19th-century wing extends to the right, featuring an Ionic doorcase with a segmental pediment, a door with fanlight, and flanking single cross casements. Above is a pair of segmental-headed dormers. A 19th-century addition is placed to the left, showcasing a triple glazing bar sash and a 20th-century casement. Two angled three-bay pavilions flank the central mass, the right-hand one being the stable cottage, with a projecting centre. The pavilion to the left has three two-light casements with segmental heads on the ground floor, and a central round window flanked by two casements to the left and a single semi-circular window with radial glazing bars above. The stable cottage has a central semi-circular window flanked by a glazing bar sash and a 19th-century casement on the ground floor. Above this, a round window is flanked by single semi-circular casements. A two-story, three-bay 19th-century wing is situated at the rear, with three hipped cross-eaved dormers. The interior, refitted in the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries, contains a dogleg staircase with landings, square newels, and twisted balusters. Notable fireplaces include a Renaissance Revival style stone fireplace with strapwork and an overmantel with double columns, a Tudor arched stone fireplace, and a Doric wooden fireplace. Principal rooms feature 20th-century painted wall panelling and panelled ceilings.