Hexton Manor

Hexton Manor is a country house that dates back to the early 18th century and incorporates part of an early 17th-century farmhouse. The house was enlarged and altered in the late 18th century, then stuccoed and further enlarged around 1820 for the de Lautour family. Caroline Young de Lautour lived here until her death in 1869. The house underwent renovations around 1820, and single-storey wings were removed around 1900 for Mr. Torr. The kitchens were extended, and a southwest tower was added around 1902 for G.H. Hodgson, although the tower was later reduced to a general height in the late 20th century.

The manor is constructed of red brick with stucco and features stone dressings on the tower. It has hipped slate roofs that are concealed by parapets. The large house is three stories tall with cellars and is set in an extensive wooded park that includes a lake. The structure forms a tall rectangular block with service rooms located to the south. The entrance is through a small pilastered porch near the north end of the irregular west front, which has a former entrance front on the north side. This front is three windows wide, with a shallow projection in the central bay and wide triple sash windows on the ground floor. The ground floor openings had their segmental heads replaced with thin stucco pediments around 1900. Generally, there are sash windows with 6/6 panes, three on each floor, to the right of the entrance on the west front, along with heavy rustication on the water tower at the southwest corner.

Inside, there is a top-lit central rectangular hall that is two stories high, featuring pendentives, an oval lantern, and an arcaded first floor. The northwest room boasts an elaborate early 18th-century mutuled cornice and carved white marble fireplaces from the early 19th century. The doors are six-panelled and moulded. A good photographic record of the changes made in the 19th and 20th centuries is kept at the house.