Stanley House

Stanley House is a former bleaching, dyeing, and finishing works that has been converted into offices. It was built in 1863 for John and William Lambert, who were lace dressers. The factory ranges at the rear were demolished in 1979, and the building was converted and restored between 1991 and 1993. The clock tower was rebuilt after it collapsed.

The structure is made of red brick and ashlar, with yellow brick and ashlar dressings, and is designed in the Renaissance Revival style. It features an ashlar basement, string courses, quoins, an eaves cornice, and a coped parapet with pedestals and urns. The windows are mullioned and transomed casements, which have been reglazed. The building has four storeys plus a basement and consists of five bays.

The street front is balanced, with projecting central and end bays that are topped with large ornamental features. The basement includes an off-centre round-arched door and ten unequally spaced windows. The central bays have a regular arrangement of windows in a 4:3:4 pattern. The centre bay is adorned with three round-arched niches supported by consoles, beneath a cornice with urns. The right end bay features a round-arched carriage entrance, which is two storeys high and has cast-iron gates, with single windows on each floor above.

Above the parapet, at an oblique angle, is a square clock tower that is two storeys tall, featuring paired angle pilasters, cornices, and a pierced balustrade with corner pedestals. The lower stage has clock faces, and above are sash windows under round arches. The left end bay includes a basement door and window, with a triple window on each floor above. Above the parapet, there is a single-storey belvedere with round-arched arcades on each side, featuring three bays, paired rusticated angle pilasters, an entablature, and a pierced balustrade.