Gestingthorpe Hall

House, dating from the 17th century or earlier, with subsequent additions and alterations, including an early 18th-century red brick facade. Around 1890 and 1910, rear extensions were added. The house is red brick faced with red tiled roofs on the left and right sides. It is two storeys and attics high, with a three-storeyed, pedimented central bay projecting forward. The window arrangement is a 2:3:2 range of small-paned vertically sliding sashes, with aprons to the first floor. The building features a parapet with three bands of stone, pilaster strips on the left and right bays, stone coping, and ball finials to a raised parapet with a moulded pediment breaking through. There is a circular cross transom window with keystones, and a central stone achievement on the third floor. The main entrance is a six-panel door, set within an Ionic doorcase with dentilled soffits to the pediment and reveal panels. The rear wings are also present. Inside, a full-height central hall has a two-storey screen of two Tuscan lower columns and two plain upper columns. A very fine staircase is located at the rear of this screen, with double twisted balusters and a wreathed handrail. Balusters are also present on the screen’s first floor. Contemporary panelled doors, reveal panels, dados, panelling, wainscots, etc. are visible, along with a central chandelier. Mouldings are present on the ceilings. The drawing room, dating back to around 1740, boasts a fine stucco ceiling, an ornate fireplace, and pedimented door surrounds, featuring Rocaille and Naturalistic flower decoration. Other rooms contain early 17th-century panelling, a fine carved overmantel, and other decorative details. The house was the home of Captain Oates of the Scott Antarctic Expedition in 1910 and has historical connections to the Manor of Gestingthorpe.