Alswick Hall

Alswick Hall is a country house with origins in the 16th century, featuring an east range from that period and a main range from the early 17th century. The front of the house was altered in the early 19th century and it was largely rebuilt after a fire in the 1950s. The structure is timber-framed on a brick plinth, with exposed timbers and roughcast panels, as well as fan pargetting on the east wing. It has steep old red tile roofs and is a large two-storey T-plan house, with the main range facing west over a brick revetted terrace that overlooks the remains of a moat.

Inside, there is a through-passage near the middle, with the service end to the north featuring an external gable chimney, and a hall to the south that has a rear lateral fireplace backing onto a fireplace in the brewhouse located in the east wing. The parlour at the south end also has an external gable chimney. A stair tower is situated at the southeast angle of the wings, providing an entrance from the hall. The two-storey east wing is built on a rising slope and includes a part with one and a half storeys, featuring two gabled dormers on each side.

The west front has nine windows with cross windows and leaded glazing (though the windows have been renewed), a chamfered red brick plinth, and a large gabled porch with double doors. There are paired tall square chimney shafts set diagonally on the chimneys at each end. The exposed framing of the rear wall indicates that the house has been heightened by one metre. Inside, the parlour features a four-centred moulded stone fireplace, and the east range has clasped-purlin roofs from the 16th century. Additionally, a large Composite Order stone capital is used as a wellhead at the south end of the house.