Newby Wiske Hall

Newby Wiske Hall is a country house that now serves as the headquarters for North Yorkshire Constabulary. It was built in the 17th century, 18th century, and mid-19th century. The exterior is cement rendered with stone dressings and features a Welsh slate roof.

The main front, which dates from the mid-19th century, is 2½ storeys high and consists of 11 bays, with a lower 2-storey, 4-bay wing to the right and 20th-century additions to the rear. The central entrance has a panelled door set within a full-height, 2-storey porch that features a round-arched opening, pilasters, an architrave, and a keystone. The windows in the central 9 bays are 4-pane sashes, except for those on the second floor, which are 20th-century casements. The ground floor windows have moulded architraves with a panel between the top of the window and the architrave.

On the first floor, there is a band, and the windows have architraves, friezes, and cornices. The porch window has consoles supporting the frieze and a small balcony with pilasters. The second-floor windows have plain architraves. The outer bays project forward and feature rustication on the ground floor, quoins, tripartite ground-floor windows with Doric pilasters, sills, friezes, and cornices. The first-floor windows are Venetian with Ionic columns, panelling under the sills, friezes, cornices, and central keystones. The left-hand bay is blind. All 11 bays have a frieze, cornice, and blocking course. The roof is hipped at both ends and has four ridge stacks with bases, cornices, and blocking courses.

At the rear, there are two rainwater heads, one dated 1693 and the other 1671, but no other features from before the mid-19th century. The left return is 2 storeys and has 6 bays, resembling the end bays of the main front, with all windows being 4-pane sashes and the end bays breaking forward.

Inside, there is a grand late 19th-century open well staircase and late 19th-century wooden chimney pieces.