Lyncombe Hall

Lyncombe Hall is a large house, originally a grand residence, now used for multiple occupation, situated within extensive grounds. The core of the house dates to the early 18th century, with later modifications. It is constructed primarily of limestone ashlar, although the rear and east gable are of rubble, with slate roofs. The main range is a single depth, featuring a broad frontage and a mansard roof. To the right (west) is a lower, stepped block in ashlar with a flat or very low-pitched roof.

The house is three stories high, with an attic and basement, built into a steeply sloping site. The road-facing elevation has three windows and includes flat-roofed dormers. The windows are mostly sashes, with twelve-pane windows flanked by eight:twelve:eight-pane Palladian windows on the ground and first floors, and a grille to the basement window. A two-story C19 addition projects to the right, featuring arched sashes with architraves, keystones, and a panelled “balustrade”. A panelled door with a transom light is set within a segmental head and moulded architrave, alongside paired segmental-headed sashes with keystones and moulded sills, all framed by channelled pilasters. A cornice, blocking course, and parapet top the building. Coped gables feature deep ashlar stacks. Basement areas to the left and right of the doorway are protected by spearhead railings. A further three-story unit projects to the right, with blind openings above two twelve-pane sashes, a panelled door with a shallow transom light and cornice hood on consoles, and a blind window. A further unit steps down and has a splayed corner. The main left return gable features two twelve-pane sashes in raised stone surrounds, arched at ground-floor level. The garden front has three sash dormers above tripartite eight:twelve:eight-pane sashes, with an arched central light, forming Palladian windows at ground and first floors. The Palladian windows are mostly plain sash, except for the first floor on the left. Smaller Palladian stair windows are placed at a half-story height, beside a plain sash above a basement arched door. All openings are framed with raised stone surrounds and mullions. An ashlar lower wing to the left has single and paired twelve-pane sashes at two levels, with a platband and deep blocking course over a small cornice. A further sash is located in a slightly set-forward return, and a single bay extension features a lofty end stack.

The interior, inspected in 1973, retains little of its original detail. The house was formerly accompanied by extensive grounds, now partially occupied by later buildings and access roads.