Country house. Largely 1812 by Lewis Wyatt but incorporating an earlier build, part demolished in the 192Os. Red brick, some ashlar and render. Ripped slate roofs. Ashlar eaves cornice with blocking course. Set on an ashlar plinth. Raised ashlar quoins. East/entrance front, with render to all but portion of left side, has single red brick and ashlar stacks to centre and external right. Originally with 3 storey entrance wing, now of 2 storeys, 3 bays. Moulded first floor sill band. Porch with 2 ashlar Doric columns, ashlar cornice and rendered, ashlar coped blocking course. Panelled double door. to the left are 2 low glazing bar sashes. Above are 2 glazing bar sashes with single similar larger sash to the left. Behind the blocking course on the right is the rectangular lead stair light with single semi-circular glazing bar fixed light in each side. To the right and slightly set back is a rendered, single storey, single bay wing with hipped slate roof and single glazing bar sash. Behind this is a rendered 2 storey, single bay wing with cornice, blocking course and single glazing bar sash on the first floor. Further right and set back is a rendered single storey wing with hipped slate roof and attached to the right a rendered and hipped slate ,porch. South/ garden front of red brick with 2 red brick and ashlar stacks, first floor ashlar sill band and ashlar surrounds to the windows. 2 storeys, 7 bays. Originally of 9 bays. The 2 bays on the left being slightly set back. 7 low glazing bar sashes with 7 similar, smaller sashes above. Rear of these 2 The west wings of 3 storeys with various glazing bar sashes. The west front has, set into the wall, a single worn statue of St. Leonard under a canopy. The north wall has 2 C12 carved ashlar figures with 2 later carved emblems above and to the left 2 terracotta emblems of a lion and cross keys with a carved ashlar shield below. All set into the wall. Interior has a marble fireplace decorated with roundels and a fireplace showing Adams' influence. Cornice of dining room decorated with egg and dart motif. Reputed Adams decorated ceiling to garden front rooms, now concealed by a false ceiling. Oak panelling and panelled doors to many rooms. Very large open well stair with unusually ornate, fretted and moulded balusters and quadripartite vaulted stairlight. Back open well stair with carved tread ends and stick balusters. Some probable re-used C17 timbers now in Kitchen range, also some possible earlier walls. House is said to be adjacent to the site of St. Leonard's Hospital, founded before 1135 and a house standing on this site was connected by Wyatt to the existing house, now all demolished. (NCC/js)