Giggleswick School Hostel

Giggleswick School Hostel is a hostel and dining hall built in 1868 and 1875 by the architectural firm Austin and Paley, showcasing Gothic style. The building is constructed from snecked stone with a Westmorland slate roof and features a tripartite composition. The central part, built in 1868, consists of a three-storey entrance tower with two bays, flanked by a two-storey, six-bay wing to the left. The left-hand side includes a projecting gabled bay, while the right-hand side has a recessed two-storey, five-bay wing with a projecting three-storey bay, both added in 1875.

The entrance tower features a left-hand entrance with a four-centre head and a moulded surround with plank doors. To the right, there is a four-light mullioned and transomed window with a King mullion on the ground floor, and the first floor has two-light and three-light mullioned and transomed windows. A sill band runs along the second floor, which has two two-light windows with cinquefoil cusped heads. The left-hand bay of the tower is embattled and adorned with gargoyles, while the gable on the right features a crocketted finial.

The end bays exhibit different treatments; the left-hand bay is broader and includes the entrance and a canted bay window, with three- and two-light mullioned and transomed windows on the first floor and four lancets on the second floor. The right-hand bay has two two-light mullioned and transomed windows with Y tracery on the ground floor, a four-light mullioned and transomed window on the first floor, and a two-light window with round heads on the second floor, also topped with a crocketted finial.

The end bays are connected to the central section by a two-storey range with six and five bays, featuring two-light windows. Dormers with round-headed casements and projecting eaves decorated with quatrefoils are present. The building includes left-hand, right-hand, and central stacks, along with louvred vents in the wings.