Newsham Hall

Newsham Hall is a hall that has been converted into a farmhouse. It dates from the late 17th century to early 18th century and consists of two builds with later alterations. The structure is made of coursed rubble with stone slate roofs and has a U-shaped plan. The main range features a major wing on the left that projects to the rear and a minor wing to the rear right. The building has two storeys with a basement in the left wing, and it presents two bays to the left and three bays to Village Street.

All openings have segmental-pointed relieving arches. The main range on the right has a central part-glazed panelled door set in a raised ashlar surround. There are 16-pane sash windows also framed in ashlar surrounds. The end stacks are present, with the left stack being external. The left wing, likely an addition, features chamfered rusticated ashlar quoins on the left and at the top right. It has 4-pane sash windows in raised ashlar surrounds and a cavetto cornice, topped with a hipped roof.

At the rear, there are altered openings with ashlar surrounds. The left return of the left wing shows flush quoins on the left and chamfered rusticated ashlar quoins on the right. The windows include 2-light flat-faced mullion windows on the basement and first floor, and a 16-pane sash window in an ashlar surround on the ground floor, which was formerly fitted with a flat-faced mullion. There is no cornice, and stacks are located at the left end and in the centre of the building. In the early 19th century, Newsham Hall served as a boarding school, which was criticized by Charles Dickens in his novel Nicholas Nickleby.