Hurts Hall

Hurts Hall is a country house dating to 1893, with a loggia on the south front extended in the early 20th century. It is constructed of diapered brick with ashlar dressings and rendered window surrounds, featuring machine tile roofs and irregularly placed brick stacks of 2 to 6 octagonal bricks. The design is in a Jacobethan style, taking the form of an elongated rectangle running east-west, with the main entrance on the north side.

The west front is characterized by tall gabled projections at the corners, with a ground-floor bay window consisting of three pairs of cross casements on the left side. This is paired with a single 2-light cross casement to the first floor, and a 1-light casement to the attic, culminating in apex and base pinnacles. A canted bay is situated in the angle with the main elevation, followed by three 2-light cross casements to the right (two to the first floor). The south-east corner showcases a canted 2-storey bay with four 2-light cross casements to each floor and a crenellated parapet. The south front incorporates a 4-bay stone open loggia supported by Corinthian columns, topped with a balustrade. Throughout the house, windows are generally 2-light cross casements, arranged singly or in groups.

Inside, a passageway from the north entrance leads to a two-storey staircase hall. The open-well staircase features square panelled newel posts with ball finials on volutes at the top, supported on consoles at the base, along with twisted balusters and a closed string. The hall is decorated with teak wainscote panelling and a plastered ceiling of geometric patterns. Main reception rooms to the south and south-east of the hall display more elaborate geometric plastered ceilings. Wide open arches lead to the upper staircase landing. The current house replaced a building designed by Samuel Wyatt in 1803, which was destroyed by fire in 1889.