Old Stoke Lodge

Old Stoke Lodge is a house dating back to the 17th century, with significant alterations in the early 19th century and again in the 20th. It is constructed of brick, with some timber cladding, and has a plain tiled roof. The house follows a double pile plan, with a lower double pile wing added to the right and a lean-to porch along the left end. Originally, it had five windows across the front, but the ground floor has been extensively rebuilt in the mid-20th century with a lean-to under a hipped roof, featuring a large open section with picture windows behind. Above, two 19th-century narrow single-light windows flank the central bay, and there are 20th-century two-light casements on either side. A two-storey, tile-hung bay has been added to the left. The steep-pitched roof has two 19th-century hipped dormers with 20th-century windows. Brick chimney stacks are present on the return ridge at each end, built in the 19th century, although original 17th-century brickwork is visible in the roof space, along with a queen post roof. The interior includes an early 19th-century open well staircase centrally located. A large yew hedge runs from the left corner of the front, possibly the remains of an earlier yew walk. The house likely stands on the site of an earlier building associated with the Hamptons and Wollars families, and may be connected to a charitable trust associated with Stoke Church.