Sharow Hall

Sharow Hall is a large country house built in the late 18th century, with alterations made in the early and mid-20th century. It was likely designed by John Carr. The house is constructed of rendered material, with grey and purple slate roofs. The main, south-facing range is two storeys and five bays, with a central bay that projects slightly. A 20th-century double door is set within a porch that disguises the original doorway, which would have featured a fanlight. The flanking and first-floor windows are sash windows with glazing bars and keyed lintels. There are gutter brackets, a shallow hipped roof, and rendered brick stacks flanking the central bay. To the right of the main range is a recessed section consisting of a single-storey glazed hall, with sash windows with glazing bars set between Tuscan pilasters. Above the cornice is a blocking course. The two-storey range behind the hall has nine-pane sash windows to the first floor. The left and right returns of the main range feature canted bays under the hipped ends of the main roof. A six-panel double door is set within a Doric porch of pilasters, columns, plain entablature and cornice on the right return of the hall. To the right again, the two-storey range has sash windows with glazing bars to the ground floor, and nine-pane sash windows to the first floor, paired gutter brackets, and a hipped roof with a large ridge stack.

The interior of the south-facing range includes a central entrance hall, with a fireplace installed around 1955. The drawing room features an 18th-century fireplace imported from the Lord Chancellor's house in London, which includes a central female mask with radiating shafts flanked by swags of fruit and flowers, and a mantle shelf supported by large decorated consoles. West windows were restored in the mid-20th century, incorporating Corinthian columns from Wiganthorpe Hall. Large Edwardian bay windows were removed from this end of the building during that restoration. A staircase of 18th-century oak, with a fine mahogany handrail imported around 1957 from the demolished Wiganthorpe Hall, runs in a central flight that divides into two. Original 18th-century window shutters and six-panel mahogany doors remain throughout the house.