Oakley Hall

Oakley Hall is a 3-storeyed mansion, originally built in 1795 and remodelled in 1860. It is a square building with an extensive range of associated buildings on its west side, dating from the later 19th century.

The north front, which serves as the main entrance, has a symmetrical design with 3 windows across its central section, and semi-circular ends. It features a red brick facade, constructed using a combination of Flemish and header bond techniques for the flat centrepiece and a header bond for the curved walls. There is a stone cill band to the second floor, a thinner stone cill band above a wider band to the first floor (with recessed panels beneath the windows), and a stone cill band to the ground floor. The building has a brick plinth and a modillion cornice topped by a stucco balustrade. Original sash windows are set in reveals, with surviving originals on the ground and first floors of the east bow. The doorway is a porte-cochere, added in 1860 and constructed of fine white stone. It takes the form of a Roman arcade with detached Ionic columns set on pilasters, with a balustraded parapet. Narrower arches connect the arcade to the main building, enclosing a flight of four steps leading to double doors within an architrave.

The east elevation is regular, with 7 bays reflecting the same architectural details, and a simple half-glazed door with a fanlight above it located in the fifth bay. The south front, facing the garden, is also symmetrical, with a standard-width window flanked by smaller windows in the flat sections and a simple, slightly projecting brick porch added in 1860 at the centre.

A complex range of ancillary buildings extends from the west side. These initially present as two-storeyed structures of similar design, with brick dentil eaves to the tile roofing. The buildings culminate in a tall water tower, featuring a pyramid roof, brick dentil eaves, horizontal bands, and coupled blind arcades in the upper section. Further west, the buildings continue at a lower level with gabled half-dormer windows, connecting to the north-east corner of the stable block.