Stretton Hall And Combined Service And Stable Wing

This is a country house dating back to the 1720s, with alterations and extensions carried out in the 1860s. It is constructed of red brick with even stone quoins and dressings, featuring hipped slate roofs and concealed lead flat sections. The architectural style is Provincial Baroque, notable for its massive, modelled brick centre stacks positioned along the lines of the hips. The building likely originally had a double pile plan.

To the north are service and stable blocks. These were originally two storeys high, but a second storey was added in the 1860s. The exterior displays moulded plinth string at the first floor, a modillion cornice at the second floor, and a blocking course parapet adorned with urn finials at the corners.

The entrance front has nine bays with glazing bar sashes. Three central windows are distinguished by Gibbs surrounds, while a blocked central window is filled with inscribed stone plaques. A cartouche sits centrally on the second floor. The two right-hand bays feature a two-storey addition from the 1860s, with a cornice that wraps around. A central tripartite portico is present, showcasing banded Tuscan columns and a strapwork parapet; the main parapet's blocking course is raised over the central three bays.

The garden front displays a 2-3-2 bay layout with a central projection, consistent with the entrance front's appearance. A French casement door, surrounded similarly to the windows, provides access to the garden, topped by an open segmental pediment featuring a coat of arms with scrollwork on the blocking course. A blocked window on the north-east front has a painted cruciform-style window, possibly representative of the original design.

A service wing returns to the entrance front, lower in height but maintaining a similar style. It has a stone rusticated surround to the south door. The remainder of this range has a steeply pitched roof and a simpler design.

The interior features a central hall with an early 18th-century staircase comprised of two flights. This staircase has an open string with scroll supports and moulding running underneath the entire tread width. The balusters alternate between spiral and Tuscan column designs, with clasped foliage bases. A rectangular handrail is ramped at the angles and lacks a curtail scroll. Two spiral columns sit beneath the half landing, with the head supported by a tension chain concealed within adjacent panelling attached to the ceiling. The dado panelling on the inner side of the flight is also ramped at the angles. The stair hall has an egg-and-dart cornice and a shallow dome in the centre of the ceiling. A large fireplace contains C17 German bas-relief carved panels over a mid-19th century tiled hearth. Two early 18th-century doorways are present, originally with elaborate brass escutcheons on double doors. The library is oak panelled from the early 18th century and contains a fireplace with a shouldered marble surround, bayleaf roll, and cartouche. Giant Corinthian pilasters flank the breast, replicated on the entrance side, with a dentilled cornice featuring bands of egg and dart, cabling, and a simplified fret pattern. Two eight-panelled doors are also present. The drawing room, dating to the mid-19th century, incorporates an early 18th-century fireplace with a pine, shouldered marble surround bordered by a frieze of scallops, scrolled consoles to the jambs, a bay leaf roll with a scallop centre, and a plain mantle.