Conington Hall

Conington Hall is a hall built around 1730 for Dingley Askharo, who died in 1781. The building was altered around 1820 and again in 1876. It features red and white brick with slate roofs. Originally three storeys, it was reduced to two storeys around 1820, and the third storey was rebuilt later in the 19th century. This included the addition of a moulded brick cornice and bands between floors, as well as the replacement of window arches. The original layout consisted of two parallel ranges with recessed side entrances and seven symmetrical bays. The service entrance on the south-west side retains an early 18th-century doorcase and door, while the main entrance on the north-east side was remodelled around 1830 with glazed doors and a Tuscan limestone portico, featuring a Venetian window above.

On the south-east elevation, there is a flight of stone steps leading to a first-floor garden casement window, which has a stone architrave and a cartouche with the Cotton arms. The building has six twelve-paned recessed hung sash windows with patterned moulded brick segmental arches, seven smaller second-floor windows, and seven third-floor six-paned hung sash windows. A pierced brick parapet and side stacks complement the internal stack.

Inside, early 18th-century details include a pine closed string staircase with barley twist balusters and turned balusters leading to the attic floor, as well as flights to the service entrance and basement. The morning room features 18th-century raised and fielded panelling with a double moulded cornice and marble chimney pieces. The basement includes a kitchen with a cooking hearth, laundry, pantries, and a brick vaulted wine cellar, while other interior details are from the 19th century.

The house was likely built shortly after Dingley Askharo married Frances, the granddaughter of Sir Thomas Cotton, in 1729. In 1745, William Cole described it as "a very handsome new house." Part of the village was removed to create the park.