Maidwell Hall School

Maidwell Hall School is a country house that has been converted into a school. The building features a datestone from 1637 and was remodeled in the 18th century by J.A. Gotch in 1885. It is constructed from regularly coursed lias stone and has a plain tile roof. The house is designed in a shallow H-plan with square towers at each corner and consists of two storeys with an attic.

The main front has a nine-window range of casements with wooden mullions and transoms, all surrounded by plain ashlar. The central bay projects forward and features a two-storey porch with an ashlar facade. The entrance has a round head with moulded stone voussoirs, and there is a semi-circular headed window on the first floor with an open balustrade above. A Dutch gable with a round window is set back above the porch, which also displays a datestone from 1639. The balustrading on the main house is likely from around 1885. The gabled roof includes dormers with simple wooden pediments and large ashlar stacks at the ridge.

The square flanking towers have moulded stone cornices and large lead cupolas, all likely dating from the 1885 remodeling. The right wing of the building is probably from the mid-17th century and features a five-window range of two-light stone mullion windows with ashlar gable parapets and stacks at the ridge and end. The garden and rear facades mirror the main facade, with a large staircase projection at the rear, likely added around 1885, that includes armorial tablets. The north side has extensions from the mid and late 20th century.

Inside, much of the interior dates from a restoration around 1902 following a fire and adaptations made in the 1930s for its use as a school. The entrance hall features a wide staircase with a moulded wood balustrade. The entrance hall and four principal reception rooms on either side contain large early 20th-century fireplaces, some of which likely incorporate earlier mouldings. The staircase hall in the east wing has a large open fireplace with an ashlar surround and flanking arched openings, probably from the 17th century. The principal rooms on the first floor of the east front also have fireplaces with moulded stone surrounds.