Riddlesworth Hall School

Riddlesworth Hall School is a country house that was converted into a school, built in 1900 by architect J.H. Green. The building is constructed from gault brick with rendered detailing and features slate roofs. It has three to four storeys and the north front consists of 12 bays with a rusticated ground floor, where all corners are accented with rendered quoins. The facade is symmetrical on the right, featuring two pedimented projections that extend out at the first floor, each comprising three bays. Between these projections is an open balustraded loggia supported by two Tuscan columns and two pilasters with Ionic capitals. All windows are sash style, set within moulded rendered architraves that have pediments. The main pediments on the facade include scrolled achievements. A balustraded parapet runs along the top of the building. To the left, there are three bays with similar window designs, although one window has been converted into a door.

The south front is asymmetrical, with 11 bays and an additional projecting wing on the right. The windows are consistent with those on the north front, and the facade is enhanced by four giant order Corinthian columns that are offset to the left, supporting a pediment that also features a scrolled achievement. The low hipped roof is adorned with rectangular chimney stacks.

Inside, the decoration reflects an 18th-century style. The hall features a timber Ionic screen with reeded and fluted details, supporting a heavily moulded architrave. The central oval plasterwork coffer showcases fruit and flowers, surrounded by four flat pendentives. The staircase has a half turn with landings, featuring a dado panelled well and open string stairs with two iron twist balusters per tread. Fluted Corinthian newel posts and floral carved tread ends complement the moulded mahogany handrail. The stairwell is illuminated from above by an oval ribbed light set within deep plaster coving decorated with garlanded putti linked by swags. The drawing room, now the Senior Common Room, has a window separated by a screen on two fluted and reeded Ionic columns with a moulded architrave. It boasts a fine moulded fan-ribbed oval plaster ceiling adorned with shell and chalice motifs. The remaining principal rooms on the lower floor exhibit similar decorative features.