Kesgrave Hall

Kesgrave Hall is a school that was originally a large country house, built in 1812 for William Cunliffe Shaw, a Member of Parliament. The building was remodeled and extended in 1832. It features a main range with five windows and two storeys, constructed with stuccoed walls and a band at the first-floor level. The roof is hipped and slated, adorned with paired modillions beneath the overhanging eaves, and a pediment rises from the eaves above the three central bays. Internal stuccoed chimneys are present. The windows are sash style, featuring block keystones and large-paned 19th-century sashes in earlier openings. On the ground floor, there are French doors with an oblong fanlight above. A central Roman Doric portico porch with twin columns supports a flat entablature and a pair of glazed entrance doors. Inside, the entrance vestibule has a groin-vaulted ceiling, and the inner hall boasts a large later 19th-century elliptical staircase with slender balusters. A two-storey service wing was added to the right in 1832.