Sywell Hall

Sywell Hall is a country house, likely built around 1600 with later additions in the mid-18th century and 19th century. It is constructed from lias ashlar and features a slate roof. The building has a complex double-depth plan and stands three storeys tall.

The entrance front has five windows, which include 2-, 3-, and 4-light stone-mullioned windows, with two blank windows on the first floor to the left. The far left bay projects forward, creating a three-storey gabled porch that has 4-light windows on the first and second floors, along with 2-light windows on the return walls. The entrance features an arched opening with a 4-centred moulded stone head. Above the first-floor window, there is a frieze of linked squares and circles, with a coat of arms positioned above it.

To the right of the porch, the range has an eaves parapet and three gables, each topped with short obelisks at their bases and apex. The gabled roof is adorned with brick and stone stacks at the ridge and ends. The garden front, located to the right of the entrance front, has a four-window range of 18th-century sash windows with glazing bars on the first floor, alongside plain stone-mullioned windows. This elevation also features an eaves parapet and two gables similar to those on the entrance front.

The elevation to the right of the garden front consists of a three-window range, with two 18th-century sashes and one 3-light stone-mullioned window. There is a door opening to the right with a 4-centred arch head. One 18th-century sash window to the left is truncated by a staircase projection, which may have been added in the 19th century. A single-storey extension from the 19th century to the right includes a morning room and domestic offices.

Inside, the staircase well and several other rooms feature arched openings with 4-centred moulded stone heads, and a similar opening is found in the attic. A dogleg staircase rises around large central columns. The room to the right of the entrance has an open fireplace with 19th-century panelling and a fire surround. The first-floor porch room includes a fireplace with a moulded stone surround and some 17th-century panelling, likely reset. The attic room also has a similar fireplace. It is suggested that the range to the right of the porch may have originally mirrored a similar range to the left.