The Hall

The building was commissioned by a local gentleman farmer, John Howitt: the site he selected had been open pasture and the building became known as Long Eaton Hall. It was designed by Joseph Pickford in the Palladian style, built in red brick with sandstone dressings and was completed in 1778. The first and second floors of the central bay were fenestrated with sash windows with architraves while the outer bays were fenestrated with sash windows surmounted by gauged brickwork. At roof level there was a modillioned cornice and a central pediment. Internally, the principal rooms were the reception rooms, one of which contained a fine marble fireplace, inlaid with Blue John stone and designed…