Description

STANFORD WITH ORLETON CP STANFORD BRIDGE
SO 76 NW

6/184 Stanford Court

6.10.52

GV II

House in landscaped park, now offices. Mid-C18, partly rebuilt in
1886-8 after a fire with further mid-C20 alterations. Brick, part
ashlar-faced, with ashlar dressings; plain tiled hipped roofs with
groups of large, mainly star-shaped ridge stacks. U-plan; the north
elevation is recorded as being the only surviving C18 part; the south
range with its projecting wings is late C19. Two storeys and cellar;
chamfered plinth; partly with moulded eaves cornice and blocking course,
partly with dentilled eaves cornice. South entrance elevation: 2:6:2
bays; quoin strips to projecting wings; windows have moulded stone
architraves and are all plain sashes. Entrance doors in two central
bays; left one has inserted plain sash; right one has apanelled door
and large transom light. Windows in side elevation have gauged flat
heads and ashlar keyblocks and sills. North elevation: 6:1:6 bays;
central bay occupied by full-height semi-circular bay window projection;
giant pilasters at ends and main bay divisions; plain sash windows except
second bay which has a 4-panelled door and a square light above and ground
floor of twelfth and thirteenth bays which are blind; three large plain
sashes in central bay. Interior: mainly C19. Hall to rear centre has
semi-circular-headed arcading around two sides on both floors; also
large elaborately carved chimneypiece and open well staircase with turned
balusters and moulded handrail. Ornately moulded ceilings throughout.
Good marble fireplace and also a panelled timber fireplace to west of
ground floor. (VCH 4, p 342; BoE p 263).

Listing NGR: SO7067565663

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26633005

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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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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)