Tunstall Court

Tunstall Court is a large house, originally built for residential use and later repurposed for educational purposes. It was designed by Walter Brierley of York in 1914 in the Neo-Queen Anne style. The building is constructed of red brick in English bond, featuring brick dressings, a stone doorcase, and a hipped plain tiled roof with two large panelled brick chimney-stacks.

The house has two storeys and attics with an irregular arrangement of windows. The north side of the entrance front features two hipped end projections. The centre has two hipped dormers with leaded lights, and below them are five windows, including three casements with brick relieving arches on the ground floor and two tall 18-pane sashes with horns that span both floors. The central stone doorcase is topped with a pediment and an eaved architrave that displays the date 1914. The entrance features a wooden three-panelled door with a cross shape on the lowest panel.

On the right side, there is a plain half-glazed door, while the left end projection has an oval blank on the first floor and two six-pane sashes with curved tops and bottoms on the ground floor. The south or garden front has two projecting hipped gables linked by a curved wooden portico supported by two Tuscan columns and two pilasters, with an elaborate balustrade forming a balcony above. This side has five windows, with the first-floor windows primarily being 12-pane sashes with horns and thick glazing bars, along with wooden jalousies, except for the central French windows. The end quoins and the bond between floors are notable features. The ground floor windows consist of 15-pane sashes with horns and jalousies. To the left and right of the hipped projections, there is an additional six-pane sash with a cambered head.

Additionally, a section of brick walling on the right side leads to an integral one-storey brick garage with a hipped tiled roof, which includes one six-pane sash with a curved top and bottom and wooden double doors.