Colston Hall

Colston Hall is a hall originally built around 1704 and remodeled around 1860. It is constructed of brick and stucco, featuring a rusticated ground floor and quoins. The building has a rectangular plan with a seven-bay entrance front, a five-bay facade, and a five-bay garden front, along with lower additions at the rear. Designed in a Classical Italianate style, it stands three storeys tall with a basement.

The symmetrical facade includes a balustrade at the basement well. The central three bays are narrower and project slightly, framed by giant fluted Corinthian pilasters at the first and second floor levels. The windows are square-headed sash types without glazing bars, set in moulded architraves. Console brackets, paired at the centre break, support the ground-floor cornice. The first-floor windows feature balustrades and pediments, with segmental shapes at the centre break and triangular shapes at the outer bays. The second-floor windows are shorter. The eaves cornice is dentilled and modillioned, topped by a balustraded parapet.

The entrance front has a configuration of four plus three bays, with the former set back slightly. A two-storey porch is located at the centre of the three-bay section, with the ground floor extending forward on two columns. Each stage has a balustraded balcony, and the first-floor windows are adorned with balustrades and triangular pediments. There are two swagged oval windows and a single-storey projection to the left featuring a tripartite window.

The garden front is symmetrical, with a six-step stair leading to a central French window, echoing the treatment of the entrance front. The central first-floor window has a segmental pediment and a bow-shaped balcony. To the right, there is a lower two-storey single bay set back with tripartite windows. Attached to this is a projecting orangery with five by three bays, featuring round-arched windows separated by paired Corinthian pilasters. A balustrade runs along the length of the garden front, with two sets of stairs leading down to the garden. The interior has not been inspected.