Marston Trussell Hall

Marston Trussell Hall is a country house dating to the mid-17th century, with alterations made in the 18th and mid-19th centuries. It is constructed of limestone ashlar, squared coursed lias, and brick, with a slate roof. The house has a U-shaped plan, two storeys and an attic. The main front features a central three-window block flanked by projecting wings. A central 19th-century porch has moulded stone decoration and a castellated parapet. Four-light stone mullion and transom windows are located on either side of the porch and on the first floor. The ashlar parapet has a moulded stone cornice. The projecting wings have gabled roofs and large, two-storey, stone bay windows with castellated parapets. Two-light stone mullioned attic windows are above the bay windows, with moulded stone panels over each, bearing armorial crests. Ashlar stacks with moulded stone cornices rise from the ridge. The garden front, to the left of the main front, has four windows arranged with a large, canted stone bay window to the right and a castellated ashlar parapet. The rear elevation incorporates both 18th-century chequered brickwork and squared coursed lias. A projecting cross wing to the left has a casement window with leaded lights to the first-floor return wall. A first-floor sash window incorporating some crown glass retains its glazing bars. On the right side of the main front, one two-light stone mullion window has been blocked at first floor level.

Inside, the hall features paneling, likely late 17th century, with a plaster frieze above. It contains a plain marble fireplace surround and an 18th-century staircase with quarter landings and a barley twist balustrade, alongside 18th-century panelling. A late 17th-century service staircase rises around a square well, featuring turned balusters. The drawing room and dining room in the projecting wings incorporate 18th-century panelling, some of which has been reset or replaced in the mid-19th century. The drawing room includes a late 18th-century, arch-headed alcove to the left of the fireplace. All ground floor rooms have central moulded ceiling beams and some early 18th-century six- and eight-panelled doors. The first-floor landing and three first-floor rooms on the main front also have 18th-century panelling, reset and replaced in the mid-19th century, along with moulded wood cornices and ceiling beams. A passage to the right of the staircase and a room to the left at the rear have late 17th-century moulded stone fireplace surrounds. A dogleg staircase leads to the attic. Some original roof timbers remain. A 19th-century wing to the left of the main front was removed in the mid-20th century.