Description

PARISH OF HASSOP OFF BAKEWELL ROAD
SK 27 SW
2/152 (West Side)
12.7.67 Ballroom and Range of
Outbuildings at Hassop
Hall
GV II
Ballroom and outbuildings, including dairy, brewhouse, laundry
and a bothy. Now partly converted into a dwelling. 1827-33.
Coursed squared limestone with sandstone dressings and quoins.
Welsh slate roofs and hipped stone slate roofs. L-range with
one wing angled in and terminated by an octagonal tower bay.
Two storeys. The south wing contains a ballroom over a service
basement. The south gable end has a stepped and shaped gable
with moulded coping and weathervane. First and second floor
bands. The ground floor has a round-arched entrance and a
segmental arched opening to the left. The first floor has two
segmental arched glazing bar sashes in ashlar surrounds.
Sundial between. In the gable a keyed oval window and a moulded
panel with the Eyre Coat of Arms. Return elevation to right has
an irregular arrangement of eight, mostly round-arched doors,
windows and blind arches, giving onto an open passage. Glazing
bar sashes within. Tall segmental arched staircase window.
Within the angle between the ranges is an irregular arrangement
of blind round-arched openings, one with a hearth in ashlar
surround, flanked by stop chamfered ashlar responds, as if a
vaulted structure was intended. Return wall to east continues
this arrangement, followed by a segmental arched doorway and
pointed-arched windows above. Lower bay to right has a pointed
arch doorway and window above. Similar doorway in the link bay
to the right. The dwelling continues to the east, of 3-2-1 bays
plus the tower. The ground floor has two pointed arched
doorways and four pointed arched windows with cross casements.
Six pointed arched windows above. Similar fenestration to the
octagonal tower which has loop cross arrow slits. Castellated
parapet. The west elevation of the ballroom has six round-
arched basement windows, two segmental arched glazing bar sashes
above and to the left three full height round-arched openings
forming an arcade.

Listing NGR: SK2218372282

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26291846

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