Stonesfield Manor

Stonesfield Manor is a rectory, now a house, dating primarily from the early 18th century, with an addition of 1811 and alterations around 1930 to the rear. There is a possible late 17th-century core. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, with evidence of former render, and the early 19th-century addition features stone dressings. It has a stone slate roof, with a two-span section on the left and a hipped section on the right. The main house is two storeys and an attic, with a two-storey addition. The south front has integral stone and brick end stacks to the left and a stone ridge stack off-centre to the right, along with an external stone lateral stack to the right with a brick shaft. A further integral end stack is located at the rear. There are three hipped eaves dormers with two-light, small-paned wooden casements. The front elevation has a 2:1:2 bay arrangement, with boxed glazing bar sashes, stone cills, and flat stone arches. The central doorway has a six-panelled door (the top two panels with margin lights), a rectangular overlight divided by a central lantern, a plain stone surround, a large wooden architrave with carved egg and dart ornament, and a doorcase consisting of panelled pilaster strips, a frieze that breaks forward centrally, and large carved consoles supporting a moulded cornice. An early 19th-century one-bay addition slightly projects to the right, with tripartite glazing bar sashes to each floor, stone cills, and lintels. The rear of the house may have a 17th-century range to the north-west, featuring a large integral lateral stone stack with a pitched-roofed link to the attic and a later brick shaft. A fire insurance plate is visible on the west gable end. Internally, the early 18th-century rooms have been altered in the early 19th century and around 1930. In the left-hand ground-floor room is a fireplace dating from around 1700, featuring a marble slip, wooden moulding, a frieze with shaped ends, and egg-and-dart and shell ornament to the cornice. There is also a shaped-headed niche in the front wall with a panelled architrave and raised key. The right-hand ground-floor room has a moulded cornice and an early 19th-century fireplace with a Gothic grate, including a niche in the front wall with shaped shelves. The ground-floor room in the early 19th-century addition has a marble fireplace, a dado rail with guilloche ornament, and a moulded cornice. An open stone fireplace is found in the kitchen. The early 19th-century staircase has an open string with shaped brackets, stick balusters, a ramped handrail, and beaded square newel posts, with a stair window featuring Gothick glazing bars. A left-hand rear bedroom has a beaded stone fireplace and doors dating from around 1700, with two raised and fielded panels. A winding oak stair leads to the attic. Six-panelled doors are found throughout the house, with panelled reveals and architraves.