Stansfield Hall

Stansfield Hall is a house dating back to 1640, originally built for James Stansfield. A large extension was added in 1862 in the Gothic Revival style by the architect John Gibson for Joshua Fielden M.P. The original house is of large dressed stone, while the extension is ashlar with a stone slate roof. Only a cross-wing survives from the earliest building phase. The gable of the original section features a five-light chamfered mullioned window, which has been lengthened with replaced mullions, and has an arched head with sunken spandrels. A 19th-century oriel window has been added above it, and all other detailing also dates to the 19th century. A return wall features a lateral stack with two diagonally set flues. The hall range to the right is from the 19th century, with similar arch-headed windows and an oriel in the return wall. Attached to the left-hand end of the original wing is a large and impressive range dating to around 1862. This is of high-quality construction, and all windows are mullioned. First-floor windows have depressed Tudor arched lights, with cusped lights to the ground floor. The main facade elements include a tall lateral stack with five coupled octagonal flues, with tall, pointed arched windows with panel tracery on either side. A large fifteen-light hall window retains some decorative leaded lights. To the right, a double-gabled bay projects forward, incorporating a canted window with a quatrefoil above the cusped tracery heads. Two other large stacks are located along the ridge. The left-hand return wall has the main entrance, with a Tudor arched doorway and a deeply moulded surround, sheltered by a porte-cochere with matching detail. To the right of the doorway are two pointed arched windows with panel tracery. Set between them at first floor is a highly decorated oriel with canted sides, and a cross-window with cusped lights. The hoodmoulds feature carved heads at their drip terminations. The rear of the house has several double chamfered mullioned and transomed windows of six and eight lights.

Inside, the west end features a fine coffered ceiling and a brattished frieze. A Tudor arched fireplace has Gothic decoration incorporating the initials J F and E F. The window reveals have pointed arches decorated with carved foliage of differing designs.