Kirby Cane Hall

Kirby Cane Hall is a country house dating from the 17th century, with remodelling from the late 18th to early 19th century. It is constructed of red brick and features a pantiled roof that is hipped over the rear range. The building has three storeys at the front and two storeys with attics. The main facade, facing south, was refronted by Lord Berners around 1800 and consists of seven bays, is symmetrical, and has three storeys. The windows are sash style with glazing bars and are topped with gauged skewback arches. The central doorway has a panelled reveal, a two-leaf door, and a rectangular fanlight with web-pattern glazing bars. A portico with Doric pilasters and two large Tuscan columns, which have been reused, enhances the entrance. There is a moulded brick string course at the first and second floor levels and a wooden modillion eaves cornice.

The east and west walls reveal the steeper gable line of the original house, featuring 4-light mullion and transom windows with segmental pediments at the second floor level, while the lower window openings have been blocked. The ground floor doorways on the east wall have glazed panelled doors and 6-light fanlights, which were formerly the entrance to a conservatory that has since been demolished. To the west, there is a one-bay single storey wing with a sash window and an eaves parapet on a moulded string course, along with corner pilasters topped with a moulded finial at the south-west corner. The hipped 2 1/2 storey rear range has sash windows with glazing bars, some of which are in segmental-headed openings, and two 4-light brick mullion and transom windows on the east side. Symmetrical chimney stacks are placed on the rear of the south range.

Inside, the rear hall has a two-storey height and contains a fine oak staircase dated 1642, featuring heavy turned newels and balusters on a closed string with round billet moulding. The staircase hall is adorned with oak panelling up to the first floor level and has a ceiling with heavy roll-moulded beams. A 5-light mullion and transom stair window includes 19th-century stained glass panels. There are also good 18th-century fireplaces in two principal ground floor rooms, and the drawing room was panelled in 1936 using cedar from a tree that was felled in the park.