Gaythorne Hall

Gaythorne Hall is a large house dating from the 16th century, with some remodeling from the 18th century at the rear. The building is constructed of coursed rubble with quoins and features a graduated slate roof across its various sections. A central stepped and corniced stone chimney stack runs parallel to the ridges. The house has a symmetrical double-pile plan with projecting stair wings and a tall two-storey front that has five bays, along with cellars and an attic.

Access to the main entrance is via steps leading up to a central full-height gabled porch. This porch has an enriched rectangular frame around the semicircular head of the outer opening, which features a keystone adorned with the Bellingham coat of arms. Inside the porch, there is a bench to the left and an offset panelled door with a figure of a mermaid above it. The upper storey of the porch includes a four-light front window with two-light returns.

The main façade has three three-light windows on each floor, with two located to the left and one to the right. Each gable wall has two similar windows (one on each floor), along with a three-light mullioned attic window on the north side. All these windows are mullioned and transomed, and the original windows feature hoodmoulds that are continuous over the first floor. The stair wings have two-light mullioned windows, some of which are blocked. The south wing has a wooden-framed attic opening just below the eaves, accompanied by a decorative rainwater head inscribed with "I.G. 1702".

At the rear, there is a three-storey pile that includes a small porch and several sash windows with glazing bars on the ground and first floors, as well as barn doors leading to the attic above, which contains a wooden crane internally. The interior retains several moulded fireplaces, and the ground floor front room on the south side features remnants of a vine-leaf plaster frieze. For further details and a plan, refer to the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments.