Strelley Hall

Strelley Hall is a country house, now used as offices, built between 1789 and 1792 by Thomas Gardner of Uttoxeter for Thomas Edge. It incorporates elements of an earlier house, and has late 19th-century service wings to the north. The house is constructed of brick, rendered, with Westmorland slate hipped and gabled roofs. Ashlar dressings feature a plinth, bands to the first and second floors, deep moulded eaves and pediments, and plain parapets. There are 7 ridge, 2 side wall, and a single gable stack. The building is three storeys high, 7 bays wide by 5 bays deep, and has a square plan. Most windows are glazing bar sashes. The south front has a projecting, pedimented central bay with three sashes, flanked to the left by two sashes. To the right is a sash and a French window, with seven sashes above and a further seven smaller sashes above that. The east front has a slightly projecting, pedimented central bay with a square, pedimented porch. The porch has corner pilasters, a door with a fanlight flanked by single Doric columns, and round-headed niches. Single round-headed windows are on each side, beyond which are two sashes, and to the right, a late 19th-century square bay window. Above are five sashes, and above again, five smaller sashes. A late 19th-century service wing, to the right, is two storeys high, five bays wide, and stepped back in three stages. It has regular fenestration with mullioned casements and sashes. The west side has a keystoned doorway with chamfered rustication and a half-glazed door with overlight, flanked by single round lights and a single sash, with a 19th-century triple sash to the left. Above are four sashes, above again, five sashes, and above again, a smaller sash. The north side features late 18th and late 19th-century service buildings arranged around a rectangular court. A single-storey lean-to west wing has a door and a casement. The interior includes a square entrance hall with a cantilevered, three-floor moulded staircase with iron balusters and a wreathed handrail. There is a moulded round-headed opening and Adam-style cornices, as well as a brass chandelier. The "Castle Room," which incorporates the base of a 13th-century tower, has a pointed barrel vault, wall panelling from the 17th and 18th centuries, and a mid-19th-century Gothic fireplace. The drawing room has a dentillated cornice and, to the north, a central round-headed recess flanked by single doors with dentillated and moulded architraves. It also features a classical marble fireplace with Blue John panels and a late 18th-century steel grate. Other principal rooms contain re-sited 18th-century panelling and cupboard doors, and 18th-century panelled doors. Several classical fireplaces with hob grates are present. A former first-floor stairwell, to the west, has an early 18th-century moulded doorcase with a pulvinated frieze and overdoor.