Editing Bretton Hall, West Yorkshire (section)

===Exterior===
The house has a three-storey nine-bay by five-bay main range while the rest is two storeys high. It is built in [[sandstone]] [[ashlar]] and its roof is hidden behind a [[balustrade]]d [[parapet]]. It has tall ornamental chimney stacks and the Wentworth shield decorates two ornamental rainwater heads. The south range has a symmetrical [[facade]] with a central [[Doric order|Doric]] portico. The ground and first-floor windows have 12-pane [[Sash window|sashes]] with triangular [[pediment]]s to the ground floor and [[cornices]] to the first. The shorter second floor windows have [[Casement window|casement]]s added later. The south front has a three-bay [[bow window]] with tall ground-floor windows. The centre window was originally a doorway accessed by a flight of four steps.<ref name="EH"/>

The seven-bay north range has a symmetrical facade where the three centre bays have giant [[pilaster]]s supporting a pediment. Either side of central eight-panel double door are 12-pane sash windows while the first-floor has nine-pane sash windows. A three-bay link block joins the ranges and terminates in the [[orangery]]. The orangery is built on a two-step [[podium]]. Its seven bays are divided by square [[Tuscan order|Tuscan]] [[Pier (architecture)|piers]] which support the [[frieze]], cornice and blocking course.<ref name="EH"/>