Easby Hall And Numbers 1 And 2 Easby Court

This is a country house, dating from around 1730, originally built for Reverend William Smith and later altered and extended for Leonard Jaques. The building is situated in Easby, and the north wing has been divided into two flats called Easby Court.

The house is constructed of coursed rubble and brick with ashlar dressings, with lead and Westmorland slate roofs. The main, central block has three storeys and five bays. The north-east front features coursed rubble and ashlar detailing. The central entrance has a 6-panel door topped by a segmental fanlight, set within a flat-roofed porch supported by Roman Doric columns and pilasters, with a decorative blocking course above. Ground floor windows are 3-light sashes within made-up 18th-century style architraves featuring tripartite keystones. First floor windows are similar sashes in matching architraves, and the second floor has smaller 6-pane sashes in similar architraves. A cornice runs along the top of the block, and a parapet sits above. Set-back wings flank the central block; the north wing is now known as Easby Court. These wings have chamfered rusticated quoins and a series of sash windows in architraves with keystones. They have less elaborate cornices and ashlar parapets. Brick end stacks are visible.

The south-west (garden) front is of brick with ashlar dressings, including an ashlar plinth and chamfered rusticated quoins. A central part-glazed door sits within a porch of Tuscan columns, supporting a flat roof with a blocking course. Sash windows are similar to those on the north-east front, with half-size windows on the second floor. An ashlar parapet completes the top, and ashlar end stacks, along with a brick stack between the second and third bays, are present. The roof is of flat rolled lead.

The right (south) wing is of brick with an ashlar plinth, rusticated quoins, and a 3-light sash window with architraves and keystone above the central light on each floor, the ground floor window inscribed "1900 L J". The left (north) wing dates from the late 18th century and is of brick construction with chamfered rusticated quoins. It features two 9-pane sash windows in architraves with keystones on the ground floor and a Venetian window on the first floor. The north wing extends to form a former kitchen courtyard range and, beyond that, a former stable courtyard, both now converted into cottages. The kitchen courtyard range incorporates a 2-light mullion window.

The manor of Easby was sold to Reverend W Smith in 1729, who then built the house.