Stanton Old Hall

Stanton Old Hall is a strong house built in the late 16th century, incorporating some medieval elements. It underwent changes in the mid-17th century, including new windows, and the south end was remodeled around 1700. The building is constructed of rubble with reused squared blocks, with the south end featuring ashlar stonework and a slate roof.

The west front has three storeys and four bays, with rusticated quoins on the right. A 20th-century doorway in the second bay has replaced a 17th-century window opening, while an older door in the fourth bay has been blocked and replaced with a 20th-century window. The ground and first floor windows, originally each with four lights, now have 20th-century glazing set in 17th-century chamfered surrounds, with some retaining their king mullions. There are also remains of blocked 16th-century openings on the ground floor. The second floor features bricked-up cross windows from around 1700 in the first two bays, with the rest of the wall obscured by ivy. The left gable is coped and has an old brick stack, while a stone cross wall with a similar stack is aligned with the second bay; to the right of this, the block is roofless.

The south wall has two bays with rusticated quoins and 20th-century glazing in former cross windows, framed by architraves with scrolled pediments. The irregular east elevation includes mostly blocked two-light mullioned windows and the remains of a medieval fireplace with heavy corbels, along with a projecting gabled stair turret near the north end. A 16th-century hollow-chamfered doorway on the left of the turret is concealed by a 20th-century single-storey addition that is not of interest.

Inside, there is a stone winder stair in the turret and several old fireplaces, including one with a large segmental chamfered arch, likely from the 16th century, and a hall fireplace from around 1700. The roof features unusual trusses, each with one convex and one concave curved principal. Thicker walls and a change in masonry indicate that the northern part of the main block was originally a two-storey gabled structure that was raised in the 16th century.