Stair House

Stair House is a house, later converted into flats, built in 1889 by the architectural firm Christopher and White. It is constructed of red brick on a sandstone base, with tile hanging, some exposed framing, and plaster infill. The roof is covered with plain tiles. The design is in a picturesque ‘Old English’ style, inspired by R. Norman Shaw.

The main block is two storeys and has an attic. A projecting and jettied gabled wing stands to the left, featuring two gabled dormers. A large, offset, and moulded stack projects to the right, with similar moulded ridge stacks to the left and centre-left. A full-height, half-octagonal bay is positioned at the centre-left, with a three-light casement window on each floor. To the right, there are three-light casement windows on each floor, whilst the left-hand gable features two and four-light casements. A mullioned and transomed stone window is situated on the ground floor, and there's a boarded door within a recessed, four-centred arched doorway. An oriel window and irregular casements are present on the right return.

A two-storey section, possibly a later extension or service quarters differentiated externally, is located to the left, with a jetty, bargeboarded gables, an oriel on the first floor, and a bay window on the ground floor. A one-storey and attic linking block connects to this part. There are irregular extensions and wings to the rear. The site is of historical significance as the location of the ancient Stone House, where the manor courts of the Robertsbridge Abbey holdings in Lamberhurst were held.