Country house and attached outbuilding and garden wall. 1793-6 for the Fillinghams, agents of the Duke of Rutland, with 1812 extensions to the rear. Red brick, some ashlar. Hipped slate roofs. Modillion eaves cornices with blocking course. Set on a plinth. First floor band. South/entrance front with 2 red brick ridge stacks. 2 storeys plus basement, 5 bays. Basement has 4 blocked openings under segmental arches. Central doorway 5 steps up. Doric columned porch with fluted frieze, dentil cornice and dentil pediment. Glazing bar and panelled door with glazed ornamental overlight. Either side are 2 glazing bar sashes with 5 similar sashes above. The east front of 3 bays has a single similar basement opening to the left. Central early C19 2 storey polygonal bay with 3 glazing bar sashes. Either side are single similar sashes. Above are 4 similar sashes with, to the left, a single recessed panel with painted glazing bars. The west front has a single similar basement opening on the left. On the ground and first floors are single blind recessed panels with single glazing bar sashes to the left. Projecting from the left of this front is a 2 storey single bay range with single red brick stack. Doorway with panelled door, glazing bar overlight and flush wedge brick lintel. Over is a single glazing bar sash. Further left, setback slightly, is a lower 2 storey, 3 bay range with single ridge and large rear red brick stacks. 3 glazing bar sashes with 3 small glazing bar sashes above. Further left and set back is a brick and ashlar coped porch with arched side entrance. 1812 rear wing of 2 storeys, 6 bays. To the right of the doorway is the entrance to the basement under a segmental arch. Doorway, 3 steps up, with panelled door and glazing bar fanlight, flanked by single reeded pilasters and brackets with patera supporting an open dentil pediment. To the left are 2 glazing bar sashes and to the right 3 glazing bar sashes. Above are 5 glazing bar sashes. To the right, slightly set back, is a lower 2 storey single bay wing with 6 fielded panelled door and overlight with flush wedge brick lintel. Above is a single small glazing bar sash. Projecting from the right is a 2 storey, 3 bay wing with single ridge red brick stack. 2 glazing bar sashes with single recessed blind panel to the right. Above 2 small glazing bar sashes and single similar smaller panel to the right. All windows and blind panels with flush wedge brick lintels. The side wall of this range has a very small square fixed light, to the right is a segmental arched doorway with double plank door and wood and glazed over panel, further right and traversing both floors is a single round arched glazing bar sash and on the far right a single wooden panel with flush wedge brick lintel. Above is a single recessed blind panel and to the right a single glazing bar casement both with flush wedge brick lintels. Projecting from the right of this front is an ashlar coped brick wall with central outbuilding, set on a plinth. Single storey outbuilding with pyramidal slate roof slightly projects, having an enlarged doorway. To the left is a single doorway with plank door under segmental arch with 2 similar doorways and doors to the right. Attached to the right is the stable block, listed as a separate item. Attached to the west front and extending from behind the west porch is an ashlar coped wall, this terminates after 8 metres in a single ashlar coped pier. Projecting from this wall and curving round is a further similar wall, terminating in a similar smaller pier. To the right of the pier is an arched entrance with small ashlar keystone. The wall further extends behind the curve for 30 metres northwards then for 43 metres westwards, being occasionally stepped, it curves round and extends a further 5 metres southwards. The north wall is broken by a segmental archway flanked by single ashlar coped brick piers. Interior of archway has a doorway with plank door on the right side. The west wall is broken by an arched doorway with plank door and small keystone. Interior has good late C18 details including open newel stair, cantilevered from the wall with simple carved tread ends and stick balusters. Elliptical roof light over. Dining room with marble fireplace and acanthus ceiling centre. Drawing room with marble fireplace, cornice decorated with acanthus leaves, flutes and small patera. Morning room cornice decorated with acanthus leaves and stylised flowers. Decorative fireplace with outer Corinthian pilasters and frieze decorated with figures. Servants hall with some early wooden panelling. First floor with some plain marble fireplaces, single bedroom with dentil cornice. Summers, Norman. Syerston Hall. Transactions of the Thoroton Society. l970 Vol.74. (NCC/js)