Lynford Hall

Lynford Hall is a hotel and country club completed in 1862, designed by architect William Burns. The building is constructed of brick with ashlar dressings and features slate roofs, showcasing a Jacobean style with an irregular plan. The main block has two storeys, attics, and cellars, with an asymmetrical entrance facade that includes a central advanced wing featuring an arched doorway and a semicircular fanlight. An elaborate open porch is supported by a pair of Roman Doric columns, with decorative strapwork above. This is topped by a canted bay that also displays strapwork, and the entire structure is crowned with an intricate curved gable that incorporates a Venetian window, family arms, obelisk finials, and an open-topped segmental pediment.

The building features stone 2-, 3-, and 4-light ovolo moulded mullion and transom windows throughout. To the left of the entrance is an octagonal corner turret, a first-floor oriel window, and two dormer windows set into curved attic gables. To the right, there is a first-floor balcony with stone arcaded railings. The end bay is slightly advanced and includes a curved gable and square corner turret. The design includes arcaded open parapets, moulded stringcourses, raised shaped ashlar quoins, and moulded chimney shafts.

The symmetrical garden facade consists of seven bays, with the central five bays featuring 2-light mullion and transom windows, a central glazed door, and a row of dummy dormer windows in stone that are connected by an open parapet, adorned with elaborate gables and obelisk finials. The end bays are slightly advanced, with further advancements on the ground and first floors, showcasing 4-light mullion and transom windows and curvilinear gables. The east block was razed except for the basement following the fire of 1928.