Orgreave Hall And Attached Stables

Orgreave Hall and attached stables is a small country house and stables, largely dating from the early 18th century, and incorporating elements of a house probably built in 1668. The building is constructed of red brick with plain tile roofs, brick ridge stacks, and axial valley stacks. The principal east-west range faces south, with projecting north-south wings flanking it. Later extensions to the east connect the main house to early 18th-century stables.

The south elevation is two storeys and an attic, with a moulded eaves cornice. The central two-bay range is flanked by boldly projecting wings with hipped roofs and storey bands. The windows are late 19th-century four-pane sashes in early 18th-century surrounds. A central six-panelled door is flanked by large 20th-century windows with semi-circular heads. The wings are linked at the front by a three-bay arcade of semi-circular arches with raised keys and a cornice, topped with bases for former finials. A stone sundial, inscribed “TEMPUS FUGIT”, is set into the first floor of the main range. A single-storey, three-bay wing with glazing bar sashes and a fleur-de-lys-decorated parapet connects the house to a smaller two-storey, three-bay house, which is in turn linked to a two-storey stable block by a low wall.

The north elevation displays Provincial Baroque detailing. It is three storeys high, with storey bands and a partly balustraded parapet turned down at each end in convex quadrants. The facade is arranged with a 2:3:2 bay arrangement, featuring late 19th-century concrete quoins at each corner, including those of the central break. Late 19th-century four-pane sashes are set within early 18th-century surrounds with segmental heads and raised keys; the windows to the second floor on either side of the central break are blind. The parapet balustrades echo the window rhythm. A central half-glazed door has an elaborate surround including Corinthian pilasters and a scrolled swan-neck pediment. Cast iron drainpipes with rainwater heads bearing the arms of the Earl of Lichfield are located on either side of the central break. A single-storey wing with a semi-circular gable links the main building to the aforementioned small house.