Woodborough Hall

Woodborough Hall is a house dating to circa 1660, originally built for Philip Lacock. It was remodelled and enlarged in the 1850s by T.C. Hine for Mansfield Parkyns. The house is constructed of brick, with rendered surfaces, and has a hipped slate roof with ashlar dressings. A rendered plinth is present, along with two ridge and two side-wall brick stacks. The building is three storeys high and comprises four bays, set on a square plan. The windows are mullioned and transomed casements with Gothic glazing bars. Ground-floor and first-floor windows have hood moulds. The south front features a centrally positioned, chamfered, round-headed doorway flanked by two casements. Above this are four casements, and above those again, four smaller casements. The east elevation incorporates a casement, and to the right, a door with a late 20th-century timber porch. Above the door are three casements, the central one being smaller. Further up are central casements. On the west end, an external stack is visible to the left, and to the right is a single-bay lean-to feature with a flat roof and two flanking buttresses. A central blocked round-headed door is present, above which are two casements, and above those again, two smaller casements. A small lean-to addition is visible in the return angle. The rear elevation displays off-centre single- and two-storey additions, raised in the late 20th century. To the right of these is a single-storey service range, dating from the mid-19th century, constructed of brick with a slate roof and five bays. A transomed three-light casement with round heads sits centrally above, flanked by single casements. Above this are three casements, and above those again, three smaller casements. The interior exhibits fine quality late 17th-century features. The entrance hall contains a chamfered stone fireplace with a carved wooden surround, featuring flanking fluted Doric pilasters, and two large boxed-in beams. The dining room to the right has a similar fireplace with fluted Ionic pilasters, and a raised and fielded overmantel. The panelling on the walls probably dates to the mid-19th century, and includes an ornate wooden buffet carved by Mansfield Parkyns. A very fine dog-leg staircase is present, with carved scroll balusters, square newel posts displaying carved swags, vases, and pendant drops. A matching dado rail incorporates similar balusters, newels, and vases. The top landing features a tall door surround topped with a broken pediment, with round arches containing carved panels on either side. A central bedroom contains another fine fireplace with a very ornate carved surround of fluted Corinthian pilasters and a carved frieze.