Worlington Hall Hotel

Worlington Hall Hotel is a hotel that was formerly a house, dating back to the 16th century with alterations made in the late 18th century and around 1900. The building features a hall range with two cross-wings and various extensions to the right and rear. It stands two storeys high with attics and is primarily timber framed. The front wall was rebuilt in the late 19th century using red brick, accented with finely-gauged orange brick corner pilasters, a moulded brick string at the first floor, and a moulded wooden eaves cornice. The roofs are plaintiled, with gable ends and a central chimney made of gault brick, which has some repairs in red brick. The cross-windows date from around 1900 and have moulded terra-cotta architraves, with open pediments at the ground floor. There is a 19th-century side entrance door featuring beaded panels and a semi-circular head, along with glazed side-lights.

A central rear parallel range was added in the 18th century, and behind that is a two-storey bay made of painted brick, topped with a flat leaded roof and small-pane sash windows. The left-hand wing includes a large 16th-century rear chimney made of red brick and a prominent dormer, with barge-boards and a collar that feature billet carving from around 1600. Inside the bar, there is complete late 16th-century oak wainscotting, which includes a strapwork-carved frieze and full-height pilasters with crude capitals. The fireplace surround and overmantel are heavily carved with sunk arcaded panels and pilasters. It is believed that the wainscotting was taken from a rear first-floor room. The 20th-century extensions made of red brick to the right and rear are not of special interest.