Lower Hardwick

Lower Hardwick is a small late Georgian mansion. The exterior features walls rendered with scored stucco and shallow-pitched hipped slate roofs with an eaves cornice. The building has a double pile plan with narrow stacks at the junction, standing three storeys tall with a basement. It has a three-window range of sashes with narrow glazing bars: the top floor has 9-pane windows, while the first floor features 12-pane windows along with a central round-arched window that has radial upper glazing bars. All windows have plain architraves.

The central doorway is adorned with fluted pilasters, panelled reveals, an open pediment hood, and glazed diamond panels, complemented by a fanlight with radial glazing. The flat pilastered angles add to the architectural detail. The garden elevation on the uphill side includes canted ground floor bays with margin glazing, half-round side mullions, a billet moulded cornice, and pitched roofs, with no windows above. The rear elevation is double-fronted and retains sashes, featuring a projecting two-storey porch bay accessed by two steps, which includes a 6-panelled door. The building has a plinth, while the downhill courtyard elevation has blocked top storey windows, a two-window range of large first floor sashes, and a basement entrance.

Inside, the mansion retains shutters, panelled doors with surrounds, panelled reveals, black and white marble fireplaces, plaster cornice mouldings, and a segmental arched recess. The central hallway behind the front door includes a later staircase, and there are stairs leading to the cellar.