Standen Hall

SD 74 SW PENDLETON

SD 747 402

6/116 Standen Hall 29.12.1952 GV II*

Country house, rebuilt 1757 (VCH) with west wing rebuilt c.1858. Squared sandstone with slate roofs. East front a symmetrical composition of 3 storeys and 7 bays, with projecting quoins, a string course above the 1st floor and a cornice. The central 3 bays on the ground floor project to carry an attached giant order of Doric columns supporting an entablature with triglyph frieze and a dentilled moulded pediment. Windows sashed, with glazing bars on the 1st floor and to the 3 right-hand bays of the 2nd floor, the remainder sashed with no glazing bars. All have architraves, the 3 central 1st floor ones with pulvinated friezes and pediments, the central one segmental. The central doorway has Tuscan pilasters, a semi- circular head, and a pediment on console brackets. 2 chimneys on ridge. Adjoining to the right is a 2-storey 3-bay wing in a similar style. Adjoining its front wall at right angles is the single-storey billiard room of 1876. The south front has, at its right-hand side, 2 bays of the 3- storey east block, the 2nd floor above a cornice. Towards the centre of the facade is a recessed 2-storey section of 3 bays in a similar style, with a central doorway with architrave, and pediment on console brackets. The doorway is within an open Adamesque porch with corner urns. To the left are 3 bays of the taller 2-storey 1858 wing, whose details are more Italianate on the west side. Interior appears to have been re-modelled in C19th. North room at front of east block has pedimented oak doorcases. Door in east front now enters under a stair with stick balusters and ramped handrail. 1st floor rooms not accessible at time of survey.

Listing NGR: SD7473640275