Down Hall

Down Hall is a mansion of Mannerist Italianate character, built in 1871-73 by Cockerell the younger. The structure is concrete faced with stone and stucco, featuring 'scraffito' decorative panels. The main block is rectangular and two storeys high, topped with a hipped slate roof. Three-storey pyramid-roofed pavilions are situated on the southwest and northwest corners, connected on the ground floor by a colonnaded loggia. Above the loggia is a recessed centre block which originally had a balustraded roof terrace, now covered by a 20th-century slate-hung third storey.

The main southeast front has a narrow projecting central bay and wider projecting corner blocks with rusticated pilasters. A projecting enclosed porch is centrally located, featuring a pedimented door case, piers with ball finials, and semi-circular sides with curved plate glass windows. Above the porch is a semi-dome with a roof light oculus. An attic is raised above the central projection, with an open pediment and a blank Diocletian arch motif with a central circular window. The first floor has double-hung sash windows with single central glazing bars; the ground floor has large mullioned and transomed windows with large plate glass glazing. Tall stacks have a pair of Tuscan columns attached to a central brick block.

A two-storey service wing projects from the northwest corner, displaying similar decoration and two pedimented projections, each with a blind Diocletian arch motif, a block parapet, and a hipped slate roof. Quadrant walls with piers and urn finials extend outwards to enclose an entrance court.