Hemingford House

Hemingford House is a house that has been converted into a youth hostel, built in the early to mid 19th century. It features a stucco exterior with ashlar dressings and a hipped slate roof with rebuilt brick stacks. The building has a double-depth plan with two wings at the rear and a wider rear wing, all designed in a Georgian style. It stands three storeys tall and has a symmetrical three-window front, with two-storey, single-window flanking wings. The central section projects forward and is adorned with angle pilasters, top cornices, and panelled parapets.

The entrance is highlighted by a porch supported by Doric columns and topped with a Tuscan entablature. The paired half-glazed doors have an architrave and margin lights. The windows feature sills and architraves; the ground floor includes two bay windows with cornices above tripartite sashes arranged in an 8:16:8 pattern, while the first floor has 16-pane sashes and the second floor has 8-pane sashes. The wings have round-headed niches beneath the blind first-floor windows, and the left end has a projection with a 16-pane sash window.

On the left side, there are two projecting wings; the left wing has an entablature and a two-storey canted bay window, while the right wing features a ground floor projection with a verandah supported by cast-iron openwork and a swept roof. The windows here have sashes with 9 and 6 panes, as well as two tripartite sashes. The right side has a re-entrant block to the left of a late 20th-century addition. The rear range has a later addition at the left end, with segmental-headed windows featuring sashes of 12 and 9 panes, and the first floor has two tripartite sashes arranged in a 3:9:3 pattern.

Inside, the entrance hall is noted for its tile floor and rich cornice, with moulded doorcases that include rosettes. Two Doric columns flank the opening to the stair hall, which features an open-well staircase with stick balusters and an elliptical-headed doorway adorned with a husk motif on the archivolt. Above the paired panelled doors is a fanlight with decorative glazing bars, and there are window shutters throughout.