Orston Hall

Orston Hall is a country house dating to the late 17th century, with significant alterations in the mid-18th century and again in the mid-19th century. A billiard room was added in 1919. The house is constructed of brick and coursed rubble, with ashlar dressings, partly rendered. It has hipped and gabled slate and plain tile roofs, moulded and dentillated eaves, and a pierced balustrade. The building is two storeys plus attics, arranged in an L-plan.

The front elevation features an off-centre round-headed doorcase with flanking pilasters, flanked to the left by two full-height sash windows. To the right is a similar full-height sash and a late 19th-century triple sash, followed by a single-storey billiard room with two sashes, and above that, five sashes. Dormers with segmental pediments and scroll brackets are positioned above the main roofline. A casement with segmental head is located centrally on the north end, with a round-headed sash to the right, and two sashes above, one of which is dummy.

The rear elevation includes a wing with a curved wall, a courtyard enclosed by a curved brick wall with brick coping and a segmental-headed doorway. Features include sashes with shutters and a Yorkshire sash. Rainwater heads are inscribed "G.G. 1796". A return angle has a single-storey outbuilding, a timber-cased lead pump with a cistern plate inscribed 'F S A 1759’, a door with overlight on curved brackets, a sash with segmental head, and a bell on a hooded bracket. The courtyard contains two brick lean-to outbuildings.

Inside, an early 18th-century dogleg staircase has square newels, an intersecting string and handrail, and elaborate vase and stem balusters. A part of a stud partition wall remains. The central hall showcases framed oak panelling with a beaded frieze, incorporating earlier elements. A 19th-century Jacobean style fireplace is present. The drawing room has early 19th-century plaster panelled walls and a cornice. The fireplace includes a pulvinated surround and overmantel with fruit swags. Principal rafter roofs with ceilings are retained, along with stud partitions. Ten 18th-century two-panel doors and five early 19th-century plank doors are also present.