Stansted Hall

STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET BURTON END 1. 5222 Stansted Hall TL 52 SW 25/885 9.1.76

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1. Large red brick mansion with stone dressings, built in the Jacobean style by Robert Armstrong in 1871. The house stands back some 300 m to the north of the road and is approached by a drive. Partly 3 storeys and partly 2 storeys and attics. The south front is symmetrical with 1:2:1:2:1 window range, the outer and centre parts, of one window range, project slightly with Dutch gables. The main block has 2 dormers with smaller Dutch gables and a balustraded parapet above a cornice. The windows are stone mullioned and transomed casements with stone dressings. At the east and west ends there are 2 storeyed canted bays with open work parapets. To the east of the main block there is a single storeyed wing with semi-circular headed windows and end gables with central semi-circular headed windows flanked by circular openings and surmounted by semi-circular pediments. This block is linked to the main block by an arcade of semi-circular arches, with pilasters, cornice and a pierced ornamental parapet. There is also a small tower with a pyramid roof. The north and west fronts are of similar design to the south and on the north front there is a semi-circular arched central doorway with an oriel bay window above. Roofs slate, with many tall chimney stacks with multiple octagonal shafts.

Listing NGR: TL5235624363