Skeffington Hall

It is built to an H-shaped plan in two storeys of coursed ironstone rubble with white limestone ashlar dressings and Swithland slate roofs.

The main frontage, dating from the 17th century, has eight bays with a central projecting porch.

In the 16th century the house was the birthplace of Thomas Skevington, Bishop of Bangor[citation needed] and Sir William Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland.

William Ward Tailby (1825-1914) was an avid huntsman and established his own pack of foxhounds at the hall in 1856 which became the Fernie Hunt.

[3] Sir Richard Sutton, 2nd Baronet and a Master of the Quorn Hunt also resided at the Hall.