Easton Hall And Attached Wall

Easton Hall is a manor house, largely dating to the late 17th century, with significant rebuilding and remodelling in the early 19th century, possibly by J. Richardson of Stamford, and further extensions in the mid-19th century. Constructed of squared coursed limestone with an ashlar facade and a Collyweston slate roof, it has an irregular L-shaped plan.

The entrance front, facing Church Street, was rebuilt in the early 19th century, appearing as a three-storey, five-window range. A central pillared porch with a parapet and a partly glazed door defines the entrance, with the central bay projecting slightly and featuring a Jacobean-style gable above. Tall, two-light stone mullion windows are present throughout, topped with hood moulds. The centre window on the second floor is in a Gothick style, featuring a two-centred arch and cusping. A gabled roof sits behind the parapet, accentuated by a moulded cornice. Plain pilasters at the corners rise to tall, square, gabled pinnacles. Ashlar gable parapets and ashlar end stacks with moulded cornices further define the facade. A mid-19th century single-storey extension flanks the left side, exhibiting a blank elevation and a hipped roof. The rear wing, abutting The Lane, presents an irregular seven-window range with 20th-century casements on the first floor, alongside an arch-head stair window to the left. The garden front of the rear wing was also remodelled early in the 19th century, displaying a seven-window range of two-light stone mullion windows – the transoms having been removed. The hood moulds create a continuous band linking the ground and first-floor window heads. Three Jacobean-style gables rise from the attic, linked and flanked by openwork diamond parapets with cusping, each containing a two-light stone mullion window. A rear elevation at a right angle to the entrance front is a two-window range of two-light stone mullion windows with a gable above. A gable end on the right displays a large coat of arms of the Cutler family.

Attached to the left of the entrance front is a garden wall, featuring an 18th-century square-headed gatearch.

The interior retains a 17th-century main staircase with half landings rising to the attic, characterized by square panelled newels and twisted balusters; the half landing newels terminate as scrolls. A secondary staircase is also of the 17th century, featuring turned balusters and similar newel posts. Some early 19th-century plasterwork is reportedly present in the first-floor rooms.