Ingmanthorpe Hall

Ingmanthorpe Hall is a country house, now used as a school, dating from the early 19th century, with additions from the mid- to late 19th century and alterations in the 20th century. The house is constructed from ashlar, with a grey slate roof. The main block is two storeys plus an attic, with five bays across and five bays deep. The central three bays project slightly, and the central bay itself is bowed to its full height. To the left of the main block is a single-storey range, added in 1880, which accommodates a ballroom, billiard room, and smoking room, and is five bays wide by four bays deep. The main block has a central glazed door, now approached via an added porte cochere with three round, keyed arches. Plate-glass sash windows are present throughout; those in bays two and four are set within round-headed recesses defined by large voussoirs and impost bands, while the outer windows have rectangular recesses above. On the first floor and in the attic, the bowed central bay contains a tripartite window; the lower window has been altered into a door. The windows of the three central bays are set within architraves. Projecting sill bands are visible on all floors. A deep moulded cornice separates the first and attic storeys, and there is a further deep cornice and blocking course above. Tall, corniced stacks flank the central bay, with further large stacks positioned towards the rear of the building, on the left and right sides. The ballroom has a pilastered facade with a cornice and parapets, and features five French doors on its front facade; it has a hipped roof. The interior includes a large entrance hall with a hooded fireplace to the left, designed in a 19th-century medieval style, and a ceiling cornice displaying heraldic emblems. The inner hall contains a massive, cantilevered stone staircase of four straight flights, extending to the top storey, along with a wrought-iron balustrade featuring scroll decoration and a ramped handrail. The ceilings of the stairwell have moulded plasterwork. A plain service stair remains separate from the main staircase.