Stanford House And Attached Forecourt Railings

Stanford House is a house dating to circa 1760, located in Stanford-in-the-Vale. It is constructed of Flemish bond brick with flared headers, limestone ashlar dressings, and a stone slate roof, featuring brick stacks. The building is planned around a central staircase and has three storeys, with a three-bay facade where the centre portion is pedimented and projects forward. A pedimented Tuscan porch provides access via a three-panelled double-leaf door, which is set within a moulded semi-circular arch with a moulded impost, and includes a fanlight. Square bay windows, featuring chamfered stone-mullioned windows, were added in 1870 by George Fowles. Other windows have flat gauged brick arches over sashes. A fire insurance plaque is located in the centre of the main elevation, and a flat stone band sits below the parapet. The tympanum of the central projecting gable has a blind gauged brick lunette. The roof is hipped, with end stacks. The side walls have blind windows to the right and three sashes and basement windows to the left; the parapet is returned to the side walls and ramped up to the end stacks. Some sashes are also present on the rear right elevation, mirroring those on the front. A rear door, directly opposite the front door, has six panels and a fanlight set within a semi-circular gauged brick arch.

Inside, the house features six-panelled doors and shutters. The hall has a circa 1870 Minton tile floor, straight-flight stairs, and column-on-vase balusters on a closed string. A room to the left has a moulded cornice, and a room to the right features a panelled dado and an Ionic modillion cornice. While the first and attic floors were not inspected, they are likely to contain features of interest.

A contemporary kitchen wing adjoins the rear of the left side of the main house. This wing is constructed of coursed limestone rubble to the left and Flemish bond brick with flared headers to the right, with a Welsh slate roof. It is one storey and attic in height, with a three-window range. The left side of the kitchen wing features stone lintels over a six-panelled door and a blocked door, accompanied by three sashes. Four pedimented dormers have moulded cornices and two-light leaded casements. To the right side are gauged brick arches over two early 18th-century sashes with original thick glazing bars, one mid-19th-century sash, and one two-light casement; two pedimented dormers are also present. A Mansard roof tops the kitchen wing, along with a large ridge stack and a gable end stack. The interior of the kitchen wing includes straight-flight stairs with winders and column-on-vase balusters on a closed string, while the centre fireplace has a surround dating to circa 1870. Attached to the rear of the kitchen wing is a mid-18th-century brewhouse and washhouse, built of similar materials and retaining original coppers.

Attached to the front of Stanford House are forecourt walls and railings dating to circa 1870, constructed of mid-18th-century walls in Flemish bond brick with flared headers. The railings and gate are interrupted by square piers with moulded cornices.