Description

STAINFORTH
SD 86 NW
2/15 Stainforth House
15.8.88
GV II
Formerly house, now residential home. c1840s with later C19 and early C20 additions.
Ashlar, slate roof. 2 storeys, 4 bays. First bay is probably a later addition
in the same style, and is separated from the remaining bays by a Tuscan pilaster.
Third bay projects slightly and contains an entrance porch with pilasters supporting
a Tuscan entablature. 4 ground floor windows to left and 2 to right, all with
moulded surrounds and sashes without glazing bars. 4 similar but slightly larger
windows more widely spaced on the upper floor. Tuscan quoin strips. Projecting
eaves with paired brackets to parallel hipped roof. 2 right-hand stacks and stack
between bays 1 and 2. Left-hand return has 2-storey canted bay window and projecting
wing to its left with upper floor billiard room having a hipped roof, partly glazed,
and partly encircled by a semi-octagonal decorative iron screen. Interior: c1840s
dog-leg staircase with turned balusters and wreathed handrail.

Listing NGR: SD8211267403

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26588448

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings