Teversham Hall

This is a farmhouse built in 1837, designed by Thomas Ward, an architect from London, for Mr Lane. It is constructed of grey gault brick, wire cut, with a parapetted roof of a low pitch and a cement rendered and moulded cornice that returns to the sides. There are two chimney stacks at the rear of the front section. The building is in an L-shape. The front and service wings are two storeys high, but an original service corridor at the rear of the front range is only one storey high with a flat roof. A cement rendered band separates the two storeys. The front elevation is symmetrical, arranged in five bays, with a slightly projecting central bay. The windows are recessed hung sashes with twelve panes each, set within flat, gauged brick arches. Three steps lead up to a central portico, originally with Ionic capitals on its columns and a flat roof. The front door consists of six panels and a rectangular fanlight with cast iron glazing bars, set within a round-headed arch. A round-headed arch also features at the doorway to the service corridor on the west side. The side walls of the front section have blind recessed panels and one window each, with a similar hung sash as the principal elevation. Inside, original features include an open-string staircase with a curtail, square balusters, and a mahogany rail.