Eaton Mascott Hall

Eaton Mascott Hall is a country house with a complex history, dating to the late 17th century and undergoing significant remodeling and extensions in the mid-18th century (c. 1734), late 18th century, c. 1840, and the late 19th century. The building is constructed primarily of painted red sandstone and red brick, with rendered areas to the south-east, and has plain tile and slate roofs. It presents a shallow U-plan with gabled wings, with later additions creating an irregular L-plan layout.

The south-west front, remodeled c. 1734, has a plinth and a coped parapet. A large central dormer features a thermal window, scrollwork, and a triangular pediment. Brick ridge stacks are located off-centre to the right and behind the ridge to the left. C18 lead downpipes are present with moulded rainwater heads. The facade is arranged in a 1:3:1 bay arrangement. It incorporates glazing bar sashes with plain architraves and keyed lintels; tripartite sashes are found on the ground and first floors of the wings, and Venetian windows with pilastered surrounds and cornices are in the second and fourth bays of the ground floor. A c. 1840 pair of half-glazed doors, set within a chamfered, rusticated surround with voussoirs and a keystone, is flanked by Doric pilasters. Also on the front is a probably late C18 porch with Tuscan columns, supporting a half-architrave, frieze, and cornice, and featuring later glazed sides and doors. The right-hand return front of the left-hand wing displays six-pane sashes on each floor. A late C19 addition, set back to the left, features a dentil brick eaves cornice, a parapeted gable end, a brick ridge stack, a first-floor segmental-headed glazing bar sash, and a ground-floor parapeted addition with a 16-pane glazing bar sash to the left and a smaller sash to the right.

The south-east front has two probably late C18 full-height canted bays to the left, a central 3-bay late C18 addition with a cornice and blocking course and hipped roof, and a 3-bay c. 1840 block projecting to the right with horned segmental-headed sashes, a plat band, a hipped slate roof and two brick stacks.

The interior largely dates to the late 19th century, with decorative doorcases, cross-beamed ceilings with plasterwork, and substantial fireplaces. An early 18th century staircase incorporates turned balusters, a moulded ramped handrail, and square newel posts. A datestone (1734) was noted by Pevsner, but not confirmed during a survey in March 1983. The earliest part of the house appears to be the C17 south-east wing, which was later integrated into the early C18 symmetrical south-west front. The building's structure includes stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops.