Finedon Hall

Finedon Hall is a country house, likely dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, with significant alterations made in the 19th century, probably by E.F. Law, for William Mackworth-Dolben. Datestones of 1855, 1851, 1856 and 1859 record these alterations. The building is constructed of ironstone ashlar with limestone dressings and a slate roof. It follows an H-plan and is designed in a Tudor-Gothic style.

The front entrance is a two-storey structure with an attic and a five-window range, with flanking gables that project forward. A central porch features a panelled door with a four-centred moulded stone head, incorporating decorated and inscribed spandrels. A circular turret attached to the left of the porch contains a ten-light stone-mullion window with a transom, moulded stone panels, and a quatrefoil parapet. Ground and first-floor windows have C18 plain stone architraves, while first-floor windows are C19 four-light stone-mullion windows with transoms set into earlier surrounds. The central bay projects forward, featuring a quatrefoil parapet at eaves level and gargoyles at the corners. Three attic windows are set within Tudor-style gables, each containing three-light stone-mullion windows with shields and trefoils above. A projecting gable to the left has a two-window range, mirroring the central range. A projecting gable to the right features a large, C19, 22-light square stone-mullion bay window. A return wall on the left consists of a single-window range. Rusticated ashlar quoins mark all corners, and plain castellated parapets with ashlar copings are present. Ashlar stacks are located at the ridge and ends of the building. Inscriptions on the left gable read "Gwell Angau"; the continuation, "Na Vywilydd," is missing. Various heraldic shields are also visible.

The garden front, to the left of the entrance front, has a seven-window range. Door openings to the left and right of the centre have moulded stone surrounds, with the left one featuring a segmental pediment. Two-storey canted stone bay windows are located at the centre and left of the range, each topped with a quatrefoil parapet. A similar single-storey square stone bay is on the far left. The windows have stone mullions, some with transoms, and C18 plain stone architraves. Two- and three-light attic windows are set within Tudor-style gables, some of which are now missing. Remains of inscriptions and carved heads are also present.

The rear elevation has a projecting gable to the left and a pair of twin gables to the right. The central three-window range, with one blocked, features C18 plain stone surrounds with keyblocks. The gable to the right includes a tall, six-light stone-mullion staircase window with a transom. The elevation to the right of the main front is plain and of a similar style, with an attached wall and an ashlar gatepier. The building is part of a group that includes The Museum Tower, Bell Tower, Old Chapel and attached wall. Stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops are present.