Stanghow House

NZ 61 NE 3/78 25.5.66

LOCKWOOD LOW STANGHOW ROAD (south side), Stanghow Stanghow House

(Formerly listed as Stanghow Hall)

GV II

Farmhouse, c.1776, altered late C19; early C19 wing and late C19 porch and conservatory. Dressed sandstone with painted chamfered quoins at angles and late Cl9 painted ashlar dressings. Brick porch stuccoed and scored to represent ashlar. Lakeland slate roof with stone gable copings and end stacks. Clay pantiles on wing and Welsh slate on porch. Timber and glass conservatory. 2 storeys and basement; 3-bay entrance front (north- west) of which centre bay is concealed by 2-storey porch, with chamfered quoins at angles. Segment-headed doorway with 3-panelled door and fanlight, flanked by sash windows; all with architraves and keystones, now partly missing. 3 first-floor sash windows and embattled parapet to porch, from which most of stucco is now missing. Right-hand bay has louvred and glazed basement window; horizontal sash with glazing bars on ground floor, late C19 sash with glazing bars on first floor, all with sills and keystones. Left-hand bay has early C20 casements with glazing bars in original openings with sills and keystones. Moulded eaves cornice to shallow parapet. Garden front (south-east): 3 bays. Central doorway with architrave and entablature, holding glazed door. Round-headed window above. Late C19 casements with rusticated surrounds and keystones. Shallow pediment with timber mouldings on shallow parapet. Conservatory adjoins centre bay. Garret lights in gables of 2-span roof. Lower, 2-storey wing adjoins north-east side: one window. Late C19 casements. Rebuilt end stack. Single-storey lean-to outhouse with hipped roof, adjoins north-west side of wing. Interior retains original panelled wood window shutters. Single-storey lean-to outhouse adjoining north-east side of wing is not of interest. Farm outbuildings to north-east are too much altered to be of interest. Dilapidated at time of survey. Formerly known as Stanghow Hall.

Listing NGR: NZ6774315642