Frogmore Hall

Frogmore Hall is a country house, now used as offices, dating to circa 1863. It incorporates an earlier 19th-century house, with a western wing added around 1897. The house was designed by Francis Wigg (died 1868) as his own home. It's constructed of red brick with stone dressings and has steep slate roofs. The building is a large, picturesquely arranged neo-Gothic country house, situated within its own parkland. It features an entrance court on the east side and the main rooms look east over the Beane Valley. The design is centred around a tall stair hall within a square tower, with a chequered parapet and two large gothic windows. The west front, of two storeys and attics, displays two large gabled wings with tall canted bay windows and a glazed stone gallery between them. Offices and a stable block are located to the north. The architectural style employs prismatic chamfers in the elevations, and the windows are mullioned sashes. The interior is reportedly plain, intended to complement tapestries and pictures. The fireplaces in the main rooms have freestone surrounds incorporating Caernarvon arches, with simple chamfers transformed into white marble and featuring red lozenge insets. Three cast iron grates, in a Japanese style, are by Barnard and Barnard. The stair hall has an arcaded staircase and landing, and a patterned polychrome tiled floor which was restored around 1980, with former stencilled decoration replicated as wallpaper. The house is an interesting and idiosyncratic 19th-century architect's residence with few alterations.