Canwick Hall

Canwick Hall is a country house, now converted into flats, dating from the 18th century and largely remodelled in 1810 for Colonel Waldo Sibthorpe, who acted as his own architect. The house was further converted in 1945. It is constructed of limestone ashlar with ashlar dressings and has slate hipped roofs with various ashlar stacks. The exterior features a moulded cornice and low parapet, with ground and first floor cill bands. All ground floor windows have moulded surrounds, and all windows are glazing bar sashes.

The north front is three stories high with a basement, and consists of seven bays. The slightly projecting central three bays have a terracotta-style portico with Doric columns and a segment-headed doorway containing double panel doors with narrow side lights and a fanlight. Above the doorway is a recessed arch with a keystone, containing a sash window with a moulded surround and entablature, above a Diocletian window. Single sashes are positioned either side of this central feature, with smaller sashes above. To the west is a two-story, four-bay former picture gallery wing. The centre of this wing features a pair of slightly projecting sashes with Doric pilaster surrounds and an entablature, flanked by single sashes. Above are four smaller sashes. To the east is a slightly recessed three-story wing. A flight of steps leads to a pair of panel doors on the right, while two sashes are on the left. Above, a pair of sashes is flanked by single sashes, with a further smaller pair of sashes and single sashes above those. To the left is a lower two-story service wing with two sashes on the upper floor.

The south garden front is three stories high with a five-bay centre. A projecting square bay window with three sashes, articulated with Doric pilasters and entablature, is on the left. To the right are two sashes, and above are five sashes, with a further five smaller sashes above. A projecting three-story, two-bay wing is situated to the right, with the ground floor obscured by an unusual classical niche. Above this niche are two pairs of sashes and, above again, two smaller sashes. A two-story service wing is positioned beyond, displaying irregular fenestration. A slightly recessed single bay is on the left, featuring a ground floor doorway with a panel door and overlight, and a single sash above, with a smaller sash above that. The picture gallery wing features a single recessed bay with a sash to each floor, beyond which a projecting wing has three sashes to each floor.

The west front of the picture gallery wing is two stories high and consists of three bays, with a central single sash to each floor, flanked by two-story bow windows each with three sashes; that to the right has glazed double doors on the ground floor.

The interior includes a square stone cantilever staircase with ornate iron balusters and a mahogany handrail. Upper floors feature marbled columns supporting an oval glazed lantern.