Lound Hall

Country house, now National Coal Board training centre and museum of mining. Built in 1937 by the architectural practice Brierley, Rutherford and Syme for the Peake family. The building is designed in the Neo-Georgian style and constructed of hand-made red brick with plain tile hipped roofs.

The garden front faces west and is composed of 11 bays arranged over 2 storeys plus an attic. The outer 2 bays are set back, while the third bay from each end projects forward. The facade is detailed with a moulded cornice, brick quoins, and a plinth. It features 5 red brick stacks: 2 ridge stacks, 2 outer stacks, and a single central stack to the rear.

The ground floor is articulated by a dentil and raised brick first floor band. At the centre is a doorway with 3 steps leading up to a double glazing bar door. The fenestration is extensive: there are 2 sashes flanking the central doorway, with single larger sashes in the projecting bays. The set-back portions to either side each contain a single sash with an additional sash, the right portion having a single larger sash and the left a single smaller sash.

The first floor continues the fenestration pattern with a central sash flanked by single blind oval panels with decorative raised brick surrounds. On either side are 2 smaller sashes, while the projecting bays each contain a single sash flanked by similar oval panels. The set-back sections follow the established pattern: the right has 2 sashes, and the left has a single glazing bar sash with a single larger sash to its left.

The attic storey features a single hipped dormer containing a single tripartite casement with lead glazing bars. The south wall of the right projecting bay contains 3 sashes with 3 smaller sashes above. The south wall of the left projecting bay has a single sash; its north wall contains a doorway with a glazing bar door (which has replaced a former sash) flanked by single sashes. Above this are 2 sashes, with a doorway to the left featuring a glazing bar door and an iron fire escape descending to ground level.

All ground floor openings are detailed with flush wedge lintels and cambered arches; key blocks appear on all openings except the casements.

The east or entrance front comprises 10 bays, also articulated by the first floor band. The central feature is a doorway raised on 2 steps, fitted with a double panelled door and flanked by an ashlar surround with 2 ashlar brackets supporting an open pediment. On either side of this and set back are 2 sashes. To the left projects a single bay containing an oval casement within a decorative raised brick surround; beyond this, a further projecting wing contains 2 sashes. To the right is a projecting 2-bay wing with a single sash and single small casement.

All ground floor windows on this front have flush wedge lintels; all except casements display key blocks and cambered arches. The first floor features 5 glazing bar sashes at the centre, a large sash to the left, and 2 further sashes beyond that. The projecting wing to the right contains a single sash with a single small casement to its right.

Projecting from the right of the building is a 7-bay wing with 3 red brick stacks. The fifth bay from the left projects slightly and lacks the first floor band. This wing contains a sequence of openings: a doorway with glazing bar and panelled door with glazing bar overlight, a single sash, a single small casement, a single sash, a doorway with matching door and overlight, a single casement set low, a single small casement, and a single sash. The first floor above has 4 sashes, to the right of which are a single low-set sash, a single casement, and a final sash on the far right.

All openings in this wing (except the fixed lights) feature flush wedge lintels and cambered arches. The attic contains 4 hipped dormers, alternating between 2 quadripartite casements and 2 tripartite casements, all with lead glazing bars. Throughout the exterior, all windows retain glazing bars.

The interior contains a panelled hall with rooms leading from it. Three of these rooms are panelled and feature decorative door cases and fireplaces; one room contains an Adam style fireplace. A panelled library is fitted with niches and a marble fireplace. The first floor contains several contemporary fireplaces. An open well staircase with turned balusters rises through the centre of the building.