Dalham Hall

Dalham Hall is a house built in 1705 for Simon Patrick, Bishop of Ely. It has two storeys and attics above a basement, featuring seven windows. The central block, which is slightly set forward, has three bays. The building is constructed of dark red brick, with lighter red brick quoins, and rendered blocks at the corners that create a rusticated effect. It has an offset plinth with limestone coping at the ground floor, a rendered band at the first floor, and a coved cornice at the eaves. The roof is hipped and slated, with hipped casement dormers and central chimneys.

The tall sash windows have flat arches with raised painted keystones and sunk oblong panels beneath the cills. The first floor features small-pane sashes from the 19th and 20th centuries, while the ground floor has large-pane sashes. The entrance is flanked by two windows with semi-circular gauged brick heads, and the basement windows have segmental arched heads with leaded casements. The early 19th-century entrance doorway is adorned with pilasters and an entablature topped with a small pediment, leading to a 20th-century glazed door and fanlight. A segmental flight of limestone steps leads up to the entrance.

In around 1927, a large two-storey extension in a similar style was added to the left, featuring parapets and a flat roof. The interior of the original house is believed to have been completely renewed at that time, including fine panelling, joinery, staircase, and moulded plasterwork, all in the 18th-century style. A large one-storey glazed entrance porch was added to the rear in the late 19th or early 20th century. The house originally had three full floors and attics, but a serious fire in 1954 resulted in the removal of the top floor and reconstruction of the roof. The house and estate were acquired by Cecil Rhodes around 1901, shortly before his death.