Hardwick Place

Hardwick Place is a house originally built in the 16th to 17th century, with significant alterations made in the 18th century and a late 19th-century extension in the southeast corner of its T-shaped plan. The northern and eastern wings are constructed of red brick, featuring both thin and 18th-century moulded eaves, while the eastern and southern gables are made of coursed rubble stone. The main southern front was refaced around 1730 using alternating red and vitreous header bricks, with red brick quoins and stone dressings. The building has old tile roofs that are hipped to the south, and both the northern and eastern wings have central 17th-century brick chimneys with 'V' pilasters and moulded strings.

The house is two storeys with a basement and an attic. The front from circa 1730 includes moulded stone capping to the plinth, a stone band course at the first floor, a modest stone cornice, and a parapet with stone coping. It features five bays, with the central three slightly advanced and topped by a pediment that has a blind round window in a stone Gibbs surround. The main floors are fitted with 3-pane sash windows in similar surrounds, while the basement openings have segmental stone arches with keyblocks. The attic is illuminated by a hipped dormer on the right side. The central entrance is a renewed 20th-century six-panelled door with a blind rectangular fanlight, panelled reveals, and a Gibbs surround featuring a large keyblock and moulded cornice above.

To the left of the front, there is a 19th-century wall at right angles that includes a re-sited board and stud door set in a four-centred wooden arch with carved spandrels dated 1551. A block to the left of this wall has two bays of irregular sash windows and a re-tiled roof. Inside, the central hall features an early to mid-18th-century staircase with elegant turned balusters, a moulded handrail, and a closed string. The room on the ground floor to the left is lower than the rest and contains a 17th-century spine beam. There is also a 17th-century staircase in the rear wing, which has turned balusters and a chamfered handrail, with similar balusters on the first floor and attic landings. The doors throughout the house are six-panel designs.