Storth Oaks And Adjoining Stable Range And Gateway

This is a house, now a residential treatment centre, accompanied by a stable range and a gateway, built in the 1860s, originally designed by JD Webster, with later alterations by SL Swann in the late 19th century. Constructed from coursed squared stone with ashlar dressings and slate roofs, it exhibits a Swiss-Italian style.

The exterior features a plinth, string course, and deep modillion eaves. The two-storey structure, plus attic space, originally had a three-window front. A recessed, square tower porch is situated to the right, rising three stories. This tower has a steep-pitched pyramidal roof with a tier of traceried gabled lucarnes, surmounted by a cast-iron crest. A stone oriel window projects from the corner of the tower on the first floor, featuring an ornate billeted crest and swept double pyramidal roofs with finials. A single stone mullioned cross casement sits alongside. Above it is a single plain sash window on two sides. A moulded pointed arched doorway, with single shafts and imposts, leads into the porch, featuring a panelled door and a stained-glass fanlight. The right return side has one stone mullioned cross casement window. To the left, a gable displays a double plain sash window at the top and a single sash below, both with segmental heads. Above these are further plain sash windows. The ground floor on the left features a canted stone bay window with a hipped roof and a double plain sash window, flanked to the right by a segment-headed plain sash. Adjacent to this is a composite two-story bay window with a gabled head and bargeboard, containing a tripartite plain sash with stone shafts; the canted lower stage has a similar window flanked by single sashes. The right return displays a single window on each floor, followed by projecting gabled wings with segment-headed double plain sashes and single windows above. A canted stone bay window with a hipped roof and a two-light plain sash is located below. The garden front presents an unusual canted double oriel window, incorporating six plain sashes under a common hipped roof. Below this is a square wooden bay window with a hipped roof and a five-light window.

The interior contains an open well staircase with a Gothic traceried balustrade and a landing, along with a stained-glass stair window. The adjoining two-story stable range, which has a coach entrance with a glazed wooden screen on the left, measures two windows wide. A pair of square stone gate piers with cross-gabled caps adjoin the house.