Stanhope House

Stanhope House is a house built around 1780, with later alterations, located on Bridge Street in Pershore. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and features a hipped plain tile roof with two central leaded gullies. The front has a painted modillion cornice and stepped dentilled eaves on the sides, along with brick stacks—one at the end of the ridge, one external, and two lateral.

The house has three storeys and a cellar, with a three-window range. There are painted sill bands and a moulded rendered plinth. On the second floor, there is a central 3/6 sash window with painted channelled voussoirs and a keystone, flanked by tripartite windows featuring 2/4:3/6:2/4 sashes and corniced surrounds. The first and ground floors have two-storey canted bay windows with pitched leaded roofs, cornices, and 4/4:6/6:4/4 sashes in the outer bays. The first floor also has a central 6/6 sash with painted channelled voussoirs and a keystone. At the center of the ground floor, there is a curving double flight of six moulded stone steps with an iron handrail leading up to a six-panel door beneath a Gothick-traceried fanlight, which has an infilled panelled reveal and a Classical architrave featuring three-quarter Doric columns on plinths, an entablature with paterae, and an open pediment. There is a later brick extension on the right side, along with some lead hoppers and downpipes.

The rear elevation includes a two-storey canted bay window with 4/4:6/6:4/4 sashes, two staggered rectangular staircase windows with margin lights, and tripartite sashes above. Inside, the house features six-panel doors with wide architraves and deep reveals. In the front left room, there are panels with re-entrant curved corners, moulded dado rails, a triglyph cornice, and an Adam-style fireplace with fluted pilasters. The front right room has wooden panelling with billet moulding. A central dog-leg staircase features a wreathed handrail, grooved balusters, and an upper floor frieze.