Hardley Hall

Hardley Hall is a country house dating from the mid to late 16th century. It is constructed of flint and limestone rubble, with some red brick, and has limestone dressings. The roof is steeply pitched, with 20th-century tiles on the north slope and pantiles on the south. The building is two storeys high with attics.

The north facade has six bays and features 19th-century casement windows of 3 and 4 lights, set within reduced and altered openings, each with segmental brick arches. A gabled, two-storey porch is positioned off-centre to the east, partially rendered and with a rebuilt gable apex in red brick. The stone-dressed entrance archway has a four-centred head and spandrels bearing the initials "W.M." and a knot motif. Above the arch is a stone tablet displaying a coat of arms. A 3-light first-floor casement window is also present, dating to the 19th century. The parapeted gable has moulded stone kneelers. The entrance doorway within the porch has a four-centred arched opening with a wave-moulded architrave and plain spandrels. It contains a contemporary battened and studded door with a four-centred arched head. The north side has a raised red-brick eaves line. Parapet gables feature moulded stone kneelers, and there is a small internal stack on the east gable with an octagonal chimney shaft.

The west gable displays diaper patterning in brick and has three casement windows set in original chamfered stone surrounds, which feature brick blocking and alteration. The two upper casements are 20th-century additions with leaded glazing. The gable parapet is constructed of red brick. On the south wall are two large external stacks of flint with bed brick upper sections, with the easternmost now incorporated into a later extension. The chimney shafts are octagonal and sit on moulded bases. To the west of the stacks there are three, and to the east, two. Between the stacks is a three-storey stair turret with a shallow-pitch stepped gable, moulded kneelers, and finials, with 20th-century casements.

An 18th-century red-brick catslide extension is located at the south-east corner, featuring casements with glazing bars and 20th-century metal casements on the ground floor. Also present is a half-glazed entrance door with a segmental arch and one altered lunette window. A four-panelled door with a semicircular fanlight is found at the south-west corner.

The interior has been altered but retains some good 16th-century fireplaces with four-centred arches, including a great hall fireplace with continuous roll moulding to the arch and jambs.