Brocklesby Hall

Brocklesby Hall is a large country house, originally built in the 16th century, with alterations made before 1708 and a significant remodel around 1730. The building suffered severe fire damage in 1898 and was restored by Sir Reginald Blomfield, with further reductions and alterations in the 20th century by Phillimore. The structure is made of red brick with ashlar dressings and has a cement-rendered rear west elevation, featuring low hipped roofs with ridge stacks. It is designed in a U-shape.

The main northeast front has a plinth, rusticated quoins, first and second floor bands, a parapet band, and a balustraded parapet. This façade has nine bays and three storeys, arranged in a 2:5:2 pattern, with the central bays slightly advanced. The central section features a glazing bar sash window with a distyle in antis portico and an entablature, flanked by four glazing bar sashes on each side. The first floor has nine additional sashes with plain aprons, and the third floor has nine smaller similar sashes with aprons. All windows are framed with moulded stone surrounds and raised keystones, and the corners of the front are topped with urns.

The south front consists of six bays and includes a late 19th-century semicircular bow window that was added to the otherwise 18th-century façade, which features glazing bar sashes, floor bands, and a parapet that matches the main front. Adjacent to the south front is a single-storey picture gallery of three bays, originally designed by Tatham in 1807, but refronted by Phillimore in the 20th century.

The interior was largely destroyed in the 1898 fire, and much of what remained was removed during Claude Phillimore's later restoration in the 20th century. The east hall, designed by Capability Brown in 1772, was also burnt out, and the current interior is a careful reconstruction of the original. Similarly, Tatham's gallery interior was reconstructed by Phillimore.