Hildersham Hall

Hildersham Hall is a country house built around 1807 by E. Lapidge for T. Fasset. It incorporates parts of a 17th and 18th-century farmhouse in its rear wing. The structure features timber framing, stuccoed brick, and 19th-century red brick, topped with low-pitched hipped slated roofs. The house has two storeys and attics, with a rectangular plan comprising five bays on the main elevation and three bays in the north-east rear wing.

The symmetrical west-facing elevation has five unequal bays, with the three central bays slightly projecting and featuring a portico with a balcony above. The portico is raised on limestone steps and supported by panelled corner piers and unfluted Ionic columns. It includes three French casements with slender horizontal glazing bars, shaped to segmental heads with moulded architraves. On each side, there are two recessed twelve-paned hung sash windows with flat arches, and five smaller similar windows on the first floor. A moulded band runs between the floors and below the eaves cornice, which has boarded eaves. The house has two symmetrical stacks and additional rear stacks.

The main entrance is located on the south elevation, featuring a flat-roofed porch with corner piers and pilasters on the inner face of the opening. The double doors are similar in detail to those on the west facade but are glazed and panelled. To the right, there is a two-storey 19th-century canted bay window.

Inside, the original plan remains intact. The openings in the staircase hall and vestibule are reflected and balanced by segmental blind arches on opposing walls. The fine canted geometric staircase is illuminated by an oval glass lantern. The panelled dining room features moulded ceiling borders and friezes, along with a pine chimney piece adorned with a laurel leaf swag. Thomas Fasset designed the surrounding park, which includes an ornamental lake, around 1810. The house may have been built on the site of Nether Hall manor house, one of two manors in Hildersham.