Spode House And Attached Coachhouse, Hawkesyard Priory

Spode House and attached coach house, part of Hawkesyard Priory, were originally built in the 18th century around 1760 for Nathaniel Lister, with later extensions in the 1840s for Mrs. Spode, the widow of Josiah Spode III. The original house is constructed of red brick, stuccoed on the south side, while Mrs. Spode's additions are of rough-faced ashlar. Both sections are in the Gothic style and feature hipped slate roofs and ashlar stacks with octagonal shafts.

The south front was altered by Mrs. Spode’s extensions to the southwest, though it retains a moulded parapet string and crenellated parapet. The front has a 2:3:2 window arrangement, with 12-pane glazing bar sashes, returned hood moulds over the right-hand side of a central canted projection, and Gothic tracery within the sashes of that projection. The canted projection also has buttresses at its angles, and features a central glazed door with a 4-centred arch. A slightly higher two-bay left-hand block has two-light Tudor arch windows with fixed ground floor lights and glazing bar sashes above. This block is flanked by octagonal turrets with domed caps and coronets.

The west front comprises a two-storey, five-bay main block to the left, with glazing bar sashes and returned hood moulds, and central lancet niches. Corner turrets top the block, featuring onion-shaped domes and coronets. The three central bays are defined by a pair of buttresses and a crenellated gable. A service wing is set on the sloping ground to the right, with a three-storey section featuring a crenellated parapet and a five-bay front with 12-pane glazing bar sashes. A single-storey kitchen connects the service wing and main block, featuring diagonal buttresses and a large, five-transomed window with a segmental head. Adjacent to the kitchen is a louvre with a nearly flat hipped roof, and an octagonal chapel with coved eaves and a hipped slate roof.

On the north front, a giant two-storey loggia with 4-centred arches provides access to the upper floors via a double staircase. Buttresses define the bay divisions. An octagonal turret in the left-hand corner is capped with a sign reading 'SPODE' and a clock. Attached to the right is a single-storey coach house with coach house doors under a 4-centred arch.

The interior includes a plaster Gothic vault in the porch. The entrance hall has a frieze of urns, paired columns with palmette capitals, and an ornate staircase with a wreathed handrail and cast iron balustrade. Above the stairwell is a moulded Tudor arch springing from engaged columns with foliated caps, and a panelled ceiling with a frieze of square fleurons and dragons in the corners. A light well incorporates decorative bosses and fleurons.