Netherwood Hotel

Netherwood Hotel is a large house, now functioning as a hotel, built in 1893 by the architects Willink and Thicknesse. The building is constructed of snecked limestone with red sandstone dressings and features slate roofs. It has an irregular plan and an asymmetrical facade that reflects a style reminiscent of around 1600.

The hotel is set against a hillside and consists of two to three storeys above a basement. The windows are designed with chamfered mullions, many of which include transoms. To the right of the entrance, there is an embattled tower that rises three storeys above the basement. Next to this tower are two window bays, with the right one designed as a gabled cross-wing featuring a canted bay window on the ground floor. To the right, a round-arched doorway leads to a terrace, which is accessed by a flight of stone steps.

On the left side of the facade, there are two adjacent one-bay gables, with the left one being wider and having a square bay window on the first floor above the basement. Between the right-hand gable and the main entrance, there is a wide window bay. The entrance porch includes a basement doorway in its left-hand return wall, while the main doorway is approached by a long flight of stone steps flanked by parapets with pyramid finials. The main doorway is moulded and Tudor-arched, featuring a datestone inscribed 'GDM AD 1893'. The gables are coped and topped with finials, and the chimneys have round shafts set on rectangular bases.

To the left (west) of the original structure, there are extensive late 20th-century extensions that are designed to be in keeping with the original style.

Inside, the principal rooms feature oak panelling that is said to have been crafted by Gillows of Lancaster. The open-well staircase boasts carved newels and arcaded balusters. A room at the rear right includes a wide segmental carved sandstone inglenook arch and a convex carved fireplace. The room to the left of the entrance hall features a built-in oak sideboard and an overmantel adorned with linenfold panels and carved foliage.