Hungerton Hall And Brewhouse

Hungerton Hall and Brewhouse is a small country house and brewhouse built between 1782 and 1785. It is constructed of squared limestone rubble, which was previously covered in stucco, and features ashlar dressings. The building has a hipped tarred slate roof with lead dressings and five rendered wall stacks. It is designed in a U-plan with five bays at the front and two lower rear wings, one of which is the brewhouse that remains from the original design that included flanking pavilions.

The three-storey front has five bays, a rendered plinth, a cornice, and a short parapet. The central entrance features a six-panelled door with a plain overlight set in a battered eared moulded architrave in the Greek style, which is covered by a Doric portico with a triglyph frieze and guttae. This is flanked by pairs of glazing bar sash windows. The first floor has five similar windows, and the second floor has five smaller versions, all with flat splayed arched lintels. The front also retains original lead rainwater goods.

At the rear, there are two bay, two-storey service wings and a Venetian window with a stone surround and Gothick tracery above the stair. The brewhouse block, which is two storeys and two bays, has a hipped roof and segmental-headed openings, some of which are now blocked.

Inside, the house features three fine contemporary plaster fireplace surrounds in the Adam style, adorned with baskets of fruit, urns, and garlands. There is a cantilevered stick baluster staircase with an open string and a wreathed and ramped handrail. The stair hall has a segmental arch and diamond-set flagstones. The panelled doors are from the old Harlaxton Manor. The house was built for a member of the Gregory de Ligne family from Harlaxton.