Settrington House

Settrington House is a country house dating to circa 1790-95, with alterations in the 19th century and 1939, and substantial rebuilding above the ground floor following a fire in 1963. Originally built for Sir Mark and Lady Henrietta Masterman Sykes, the rebuilding after the fire was overseen by Francis Johnson.

The garden front is constructed of finely tooled sandstone on a dressed sandstone plinth, with ashlar dressings. The entrance front and sides feature dressed sandstone with sandstone ashlar dressings. The garden front comprises a two-storey and attic, three-bay pedimented centre block which projects slightly, flanked by single-storey, two-bay wings, with recessed link bays and gabled pavilions. A shallow flight of stone steps leads to the original round-arched doorcase in the centre block, set within a rusticated surround with imposts enriched with paterae. Reconstructed double glass doors are topped by a patterned fanlight and glazed screen. Original 15-pane sashes are present to the left and right of the centre block, with two similar windows to each wing. The first floor of the centre block features 12-pane sashes, and a radial glazed oculus is set into the pediment. A continuous band runs along the garden front, interrupted by the ground-floor windows of the centre block and flanking wings. A raised first-floor band and dentilled pediment are above the centre block, while flanking wings have dentilled eaves cornices. Original panelled doors with patterned glazing, set beneath panelled parapets, are in the link bays. The pavilions incorporate rebuilt Venetian windows, flanked by rounded niches, with a continuous sill band, and the gables are pedimented.

The entrance front includes a basement, two-storey and attic centre block of five bays, and flanking wings of two bays, with basement and single-storey link bays, and gabled pavilions set back. A panelled door in an eared architrave, approached by a double staircase, is at the centre, accompanied by 12- and 8-pane sashes to the left and right, dating to 1939. A 19th-century Venetian oriel window with Gothic glazing sits above the door and is flanked by 12-pane sashes in plain raised surrounds; a tripartite lunette is in the pediment. The raised first-floor band and dentilled pediment return. Two original 12-pane sashes in plain raised surrounds are in the flanking wings, and dentilled eaves cornices are present. Oval-panelled doors beneath tripartite keyed lintels are in the link bays. The pavilions contain original 12-pane sashes in plain raised surrounds. One pavilion has a coped gable and moulded kneelers. Stacks pierce the roof of the centre block, and central ridge stacks are visible on the pitched roofs of the pavilions.

The interior of the house was destroyed by the 1963 fire and was subsequently rebuilt by Francis Johnson. The house incorporates stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops.