St Trinian'S Hall

St Trinian's Hall is a house dating from the early to mid-18th century, with later 18th-century and circa-1906 additions. The 1906 work was commissioned for Leonard Jaques of Easby. The house is constructed of ashlar sandstone, with a red plain tile roof. Originally, the house was L-shaped, comprising five bays over two storeys, with a wing to the rear right, flanked by single-storey, three-bay wings. A further two-storey range was added at right angles to the rear right.

The main house dates from the early to mid-18th century. The south (garden) front features a plinth and chamfered rusticated quoins. A central, pedimented Doric portico with three-quarter columns provides access to an early to mid-18th-century part-glazed door with two lower fielded panels. Flanking the portico are canted bay windows with sashes and thick glazing bars, supported by three-quarter columns and stone roofs. The first floor has sash windows with thick glazing bars within architraves, the central window being eared and shouldered. A classical cornice runs along the top, topped by a parapet with pedestals supporting ball finials at the ends and intervals, with stone copings. Corniced stacks are located at the ends of the house and between bays 3 and 4.

The later 18th-century wings have a plinth and chamfered rusticated quoins at their outer ends. The first bay of the left wing is now a door, while the remaining windows have glazing bars. These wings have end copings with ball finials at the kneelers and corniced end stacks.

The rear range, on its east elevation, is from the early to mid-18th century and is constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings. It has ashlar architraves to sash windows with thin glazing bars, and a corniced central ridge stack. A range of circa-1906 projects east from this rear range, featuring a three-light sash window on the ground floor and sash windows with glazing bars on the first floor. The west (left return) side of the rear range features an 18th-century range that was extended in 1906 with an outshut, creating the present entrance in the angle with the main block.

The interior includes a ground-floor room to the left with a dado featuring a Greek key motif, fluted Tuscan pilasters flanking the bay window, a dentil cornice, and carved wood floral festoons on panels above the doors (one blocked). A central hall contains an early-18th-century stone fireplace with a cast-iron grate, with a later added frieze and mantel shelf. A ground-floor room to the right features Roman Ionic columns flanking the bay window, a modillion and rosette cornice, and an Adam-style cast-iron grate in the fireplace. The rear wing incorporates a staircase with turned balusters. A historical print shows the wings were added by approximately 1785.