Wilby Hall

Wilby Hall is a country house dating to the late 16th century, with a porch added around 1635, a rear bay constructed around 1700, and restoration work in 1957. It is constructed of brick with slate roofs. The building originally had an E-shaped plan, but approximately three bays of the east range were demolished around 1700.

The north front is three stories high and comprises six bays, with the western bay projecting as a cross wing. The three-story north porch has a Renaissance-style arched entrance, featuring a moulded round arch under a square hood, flanked by Roman Doric pilasters supporting pedimented entablatures, topped by two obelisks. The facade includes three-light, pedimented cross casement windows, rendered to imitate stone. The west bay features a five-light window. Stepped gables are visible at the skyline of each bay, with a half-stepped gable between the west gable and the main range. The north wall has a pedimented door at ground level and three pedimented cross casement windows to the first floor, the central one not blocked. Two wheel tie plates are present. An internal stack steps down to the wall, incorporating a plinth supporting triple octagonal flues, and is topped with a crenellated parapet.

The south front has three gables, the western two stepped and containing three-light cross casements as before. To the right is a single crenellated, flat-topped bay of around 1700, two stories high with three cross casements. This bay is set back, necessitating the blocking of casements in the flanking bays. Further east is a three-story gabled bay, unstepped, with three-light timber cross casements, possibly dating to the 18th century or added during the 1957 restoration. The east wall includes an 18th-century stepped buttress and a large stepped external stack, formerly internal, with twin octagonal flues. A very large stack, with a rectangular plinth and six octagonal flues, is situated above the porch.

Inside, the bridging beams have stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops. A door from the kitchen has a hollow and ovolo moulded profile. A dog-leg staircase rises to the attics, featuring moulded handrails and turned balusters, with the attic balustrade returning to form a gallery. One main downstairs room has a fireplace under a double wave moulded bressumer. The original door opens from the porch. A first-floor bedroom contains panelling. Most doors are original, with moulded surrounds. The roof structure is unclear but relies on staggered butt purlins.