Swinithwaite Hall

Swinithwaite Hall is a country house dated 1767 and 1795, with later work by John Foss of Richmond for T.J. Anderson. The building is constructed of roughcast rubble with ashlar dressings and features an ashlar garden front, topped with a stone slate roof. It has an H plan and is two storeys high.

The south front has a symmetrical arrangement of one central bay flanked by three bays on each side, with chamfered quoins. The central entrance features a part-glazed door set in an architrave, topped with a pulvinated frieze and a pediment supported by consoles. Sash windows are set within architraves, and there is a decorative band. The outer bays form short wings that project forward at right angles and have hipped roofs. Corniced stacks are located at the inner junctions of the wings, and in the angles, there are lead rainwater pipes with heads dated 1767 and featuring intertwined initials 'T.J.A'. The rear elevation includes rainwater heads dated 1795.

The east return, or garden front, likely dates from 1795 and consists of five bays, with the central bay projecting slightly. It also features chamfered quoins and a central part-glazed door in an architrave with a pedimented Tuscan doorcase. Above this door is a Tuscan Venetian window with a keystone, rising into the pedimented gable of the central bay. Sash windows are again present in architraves, and there is a moulded cornice beneath the hipped roof.

Inside, the front hall showcases 17th-century oak panelling with carving attributed to Grinling Gibbons, believed to have originated from a house designed by Sir Christopher Wren. The rooms contain neo-classical fireplaces and well-crafted modillion cornices. The staircase features column-on-vase balusters.