Corngreaves Hall

Corngreaves Hall is a house, probably dating from the late 18th century, which was re-faced in a Gothic style during the early 19th century. The building is constructed of stuccoed brick and sandstone with tile roofs. The main facade is three storeys high and features full-height canted bay windows on either side of the central bay, topped with an embattled parapet. The lower storey is of sandstone ashlar, while the upper storey is stuccoed. The windows are sash windows with Gothic glazing and moulded surrounds with hoods, except for the second-floor windows of the canted bays, which are quatrefoils with raised moulded surrounds. A first-floor sill band and a moulded string run below the parapet. A moulded doorway with a Tudor-arched head is located in the central bay. The left-hand return wall has a two-storey, three-bay blind arcade in an Early English style, with two blind quatrefoils positioned above. Set back at a right angle to this wall is a two-storey, four-bay range with sash windows with glazing bars and stucco hoods. Further ranges of an irregular plan extend to the rear of the building. Inside the main block, there is an open-well staircase with a closed string, a ramped handrail, and turned balusters, likely dating from the mid- to late 18th century. A brick spiral staircase provides access to vaulted cellars. The house is reputedly from around 1780, built by James Attwood, an iron-master of local significance. Part of the main block was roofless and in a derelict state at the time of a survey in December 1985, but significant repairs had already commenced.