Ranby Hall

Ranby Hall is a country house dating to the late 18th century, with possible earlier origins, and alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is built of ashlar, rendered brick, and coursed rubble, with a hipped slate roof. The house is arranged in an L-shape.

The south front, designed as a formal garden front, is of the late 18th century, with two storeys and seven bays. The central three bays project slightly and have a first-floor band and a pediment. The outer bays are of rendered brick with an ashlar parapet. There are seven low glazing bar sashes to the ground floor, with seven smaller, matching sashes above. Four Doric pilasters support the pediment, which has a triglyph-decorated entablature. To the left is a slightly recessed, narrow, one-and-a-half-storey extension.

The east front, also with an ashlar parapet, is of two-and-a-half storeys and seven bays, with the right three bays slightly set back. There are two large rendered stacks to the front and two rendered ridge stacks. A central, 20th-century Doric porch provides access to a doorway with a double, half-glazed door and a glazing bar overlight. There are three glazing bar sashes to either side of the doorway; the one to the left is slightly larger and the one on the far right is slightly smaller. Seven glazing bar sashes are above, with the central sash featuring a 20th-century shouldered ashlar surround and keystone, and the sash to its left being slightly larger. Seven small glazing bar sashes are set in the top floor. To the right is a rendered, two-storey extension, set back, with a hipped slate roof and a single rendered gable stack. This extension contains a single glazing bar Yorkshire sash on the first floor. Rear extensions date to the 19th and 20th centuries.

The interior contains a good suite of four rooms, all featuring moulded door surrounds, panelled mahogany doors, and ornate cornices. The drawing room has a fluted dado and a decorated fireplace with carved panels. The octagonal morning room has corner cupboards and a fireplace carved circa 1810. A coffered, barrel-vaulted ante-room has Corinthian half columns. The dining room has a moulded arch at the far end, Corinthian pilasters, and screens, and features a marble fireplace with a decorated oversill. The colonnaded staircase hall has a moulded cornice and a branching staircase, with wooden balusters, decorated tread ends, and panelled soffits. A single room on the first floor has a moulded cornice, dado, and door surrounds decorated with patera.