Hartington Hall

Hartington Hall is a hall that now serves as a youth hostel. It was built in 1611 and restored and extended in 1862 and 1911. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with gritstone dressings and quoins, topped with stone slate roofs. It features large stone stacks on the side walls and rear ridges, with stone coped gables that have moulded kneelers and ridge ball finials. The hall is two storeys plus attics and has an H-plan layout with rear additions.

The front has three gabled bays, with a four-centred arched doorcase featuring a chamfered, quoined surround located to the west of the central recessed bay. The door is a studded wooden one, and the lintel is inscribed with 'HB 1611 TOB 1862'. A large 19th-century bracketed hood is positioned above the door. To the east, there is a 3-light recessed and cavetto moulded mullion window with a dripmould above, which continues over the door. Similar windows are found on either side of the central bay, and above these are three 4-light mullion windows. A single light recessed and ovolo moulded window is situated above the door, with a 4-light recessed and cavetto moulded mullion window with a dripmould in the gable above, flanked by similar 3-light windows. All the windows feature 20th-century leaded lights.

On either side of the central bay, there are two square section lead gutters with elaborate hopperheads, one of which is inscribed '1711 HB'. Classical figures decorate the pipe junctions. The side elevation includes an added bay with a canted bay window dated 1911. The rear elevation is predominantly 19th and 20th-century in a Tudor style. Inside, the hall contains several large original stone fireplaces, along with some 17th-century panelling and plasterwork ceilings in the lower rooms.