Swythamley Hall

Swythamley Hall is a country house with foundations dating back to a medieval hunting lodge, a core built in the early 19th century, and substantial additions around 1897 by Phillip Brocklehurst. The house is constructed of coursed stone with rock-faced quoins to the later 19th-century work, and has a slate roof, hipped to the 19th-century additions. The plan and frontage are irregular, incorporating classical, Italianate, and Jacobean architectural details.

The main entrance front comprises four sections and is unified by continuous eaves, a cornice, and a blocking course. It features side stacks. The house is two storeys high, except for the early 19th-century central core, which has a gabled attic with three dormers. The left half of the front retains two original gables over 20th-century mullioned and transomed bay windows, while the right half has a projecting, flat-roofed porch with a central, flat-roofed two-storey bay. A five-light mullion and transom window is located on the first floor, and a round-arched entry is flanked by tall, cruciform windows on the ground floor.

The south wing, to the right of three windows, features a break to the end bay and a string course at first-floor level, which continues as a three-sided bay facing south. The north pavilion is of three windows and has a string course at first-floor level, projecting forward from the frontage and linked to the main house by an Italianate tower of three stages, defined by string courses. The top stage has two blind, round-arched openings; a door is located at the base of the tower.

A fire in 1813 destroyed the original house, with the exception of the 'new wing', of which the left half remains visible on the entrance front. The interior features an early 19th-century top-lit staircase with an enriched cornice to the well. All other remaining windows are glazing bar sashes.