Mellington Hall

Mellington Hall is a house with service wings, a tower, and a mews block, built in the Gothic style during the 1876. It is constructed of rock-faced rubble masonry with sandstone dressings, under slate roofs, and sits on a plinth with a moulded string course. Ridge stacks and external stacks are built from the same materials.

The main house is roughly square and massive, with two storeys, an attic and a cellar. Projecting gables are arranged to form half-hexagonal towers on the corners of the house, each featuring raised copings and finials. The symmetrical east elevation presents the principal rooms and includes full-height canted bays at either end and a central rectangular bay window topped with an ornate parapet. The main entrance is located on the north front within a projecting gable and is accessed by stone steps flanked by balustrades. The original six-panelled door is set within a doorcase featuring a segmental pointed arched head. The sides of the arch are formed by two orders of columns with circular capitals, and above the door is a stone tympanum decorated with a coat of arms and the date 1876 in relief. Lancet-style windows with trefoiled heads are present throughout, in groups of two or three lights, often with a central transom, all set under a roughly four-centred arch. The north front also has a large, rectangular bay window on the ground floor, also surmounted by an ornate parapet.

To the west of the house is a lower service wing that terminates in a tower. This wing is five windows wide, with one storey and an attic, and a central chimney. The detailing is plain, with windows formed by groups of two lights with pointed heads. The attic windows are within half dormers. The tower is three storeys high and topped with a parapet featuring lancet-style openwork supported by consoles. A hexagonal stair turret rises from the northwest corner of the tower, exceeding its height and also surmounted by a parapet. An ornate oriel window sits at first floor level on the north side of the tower, supported by a pier. Other windows are groups of two or three lights with either pointed or trefoiled heads. A plain doorway is present on the north front. A bridge, surmounted by a parapet, extends from the west side of the tower at first floor level, crossing a driveway into the wider parkland.

South of the hall is a mews block facing east into a walled courtyard (not accessible). A wide arched entrance is visible on the western side, and half dormers containing hay loft hatches are set in the roof. The mews block is topped with a clock tower having a splay-footed spire. Additional buildings line the north and south sides of the walled courtyard.

Immediately surrounding the hall are car parking areas and raised gardens supported by a retaining wall, which is surmounted by a palisade. Offa’s Dyke passes through the parkland to the west of the hall.

The interior retains its original layout and fittings, including oak panelling and carved doorcases.