Description

MELLOR
SD 62 NW
8/26 Stanley House
24-8-1952
- II*
House, said to have been dated 1640 (Pevsner). Sandstone rubble. Left-hand
bay pebbledashed with slate roof. Other bays, now unoccupied, have stone
slates now partly missing. 3 storeys, with 2 bays to left of 3-storey
porch and one bay to right. Stone cornice. Windows mullioned, with outer
chamfer on ground and 1st floors, and with hoods. 1st and 2nd bays have
6-light ground-floor windows and ones of 5 lights on the 1st floor. The
right-hand bay has 6 lights to both the ground and 1st floors. The 2nd
floor windows are of 3 lights. The porch has 3-light windows, the upper
one stepped. Below the 1st floor window is a blank panel with moulded
border. The porch doorway has a cambered head and moulded jambs. Chimneys
on gables (with projecting stacks) and in line with porch. Inside, the
door opens against the side of the hall fireplace, which has a moulded
bressumer and jambs. The doorway from the lobby into the right-hand room
has been bricked up and a new doorway cut through at the rear of the
stack. At the rear of the hall is a stair projection, now without its
original stair. The left-hand wall of the hall, dividing it from the
occupied part of the house, is a later replacement in brick. The
right-hand room has heavy roll-moulded beams and a large blocked fireplace
with moulded jambs. On the 1st floor there are said to be 2 fireplaces
with cambered bressumers and moulded surrounds. RCHM report December 1977.

Listing NGR: SD6456429933

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Stanley House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17532427

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)