Faendre Hall

Faendre Hall is a mansion built in the mid-19th century, specifically 1850, displaying a Tudor/Jacobean Revival style inspired by the work of William Burn. The main front (northeast) and side elevations are constructed from finely jointed ashlar, while the rear is of rubble with ashlar dressings. The roof is covered in Welsh slate, featuring gable apex finials, some in the form of animals, and polygonal chimney stacks set along the ridges. Distinctive Dutch-style gables and high parapets with moulded coping are prominent, adorned with gargoyles that direct water into rendered downpipes.

The building is two stories high with an attic. Most upper-floor windows are rectangular, with four panes in a vertical sash. Ground-floor rooms largely feature cross windows. Small, rectangular two-pane windows are found in the gables. All mullions, transoms, and window surrounds are moulded. The exterior includes prominent quoins, a slightly battered plinth, and string courses that run between the ground and first floors and at parapet level.

The main entrance on the northeast elevation is centrally positioned in a lower, recessed bay, featuring a cartouche within the gable. A balustrade with pierced Gothic tracery and a shield bearing the date 1850 is above the entrance, which itself is a Tudor-arched doorway with four orders of moulding. The recessed double doors and overlight are vertically panelled and divided by a low rail. Flanking the entrance are taller, gabled bays, with paired windows on the ground and first floors and a small attic window.

Attached to the right side is a semi-octagonal wing with rectangular windows on each face and a tiered pyramidal roof topped with a louvred ventilator, designed to resemble an external medieval kitchen. The southeast (garden) elevation, with four unequal bays, features ground-floor mullion and transom French windows opening onto a terrace. A single-story canted bay with a pierced parapet and a large three-light window is centrally positioned, topped by a gable. Further bays on either side have paired windows on each floor, with a gargoyle projecting from the upper string course on the left side. A gabled bay is located at the far left, again with paired windows on each floor.

The southwest side has a three-bay elevation of the main block with similar windows. Lower service ranges extend to the left, featuring a half-hipped roof and a glazed attic room. The rear (northwest) elevation includes a projecting stack and a single-story wing with an embattled parapet connecting to the semi-octagonal kitchen wing. A single window with Gothic-style tracery is visible on the first floor.

Inside, a corridor along the spine of the house gives access to reception rooms with garden views to the left, a staircase, and service rooms to the right. The rooms retain original shutters and Gothick panelled doors. The main sitting room is believed to retain clustered columns with capitals and a marble fireplace.