Stinsford House

Stinsford House is a country house, originally dating to the 17th century, with significant reconstruction in the 18th century around 1828 following fire damage. It was later used as a school. The house is constructed of rubble and rough ashlar walls, with plastered and ashlar upper walls. It has a slate roof with moulded parapets and coped gables, and brick and ashlar stacks. The building is of an L-shaped plan, with a lower L-shaped rear range to the east, partially enclosing a rear courtyard and featuring a stone slate roof. The house has one storey over a basement with attics. The main west front has a projecting cross wing at the left end, constructed of rubble stone, featuring a single sash window with glazing bars and an attic window. The central part of the main range has a central ashlar porch, approached by stone steps, which has a moulded round-arched opening with a carved keystone, Roman Doric pilasters, an entablature with a metope frieze, a cornice, and a panelled inner door. Flanking the porch are three sash windows with glazing bars. Basement windows on the right side are mullioned and stone-framed. Three pedimented attic dormers, with remains of lead lights, are also present. The south front has lower walls of rough ashlar with stone mullioned windows; the upper walls are plastered with sash windows with glazing bars. A gabled attic dormer is present. The lower east wing at the right end has stone mullioned windows in the basement and, on the upper floor, two pointed arched windows with Gothic-style glazing, alongside one similar blocked window. The rear of this wing features stone mullioned windows on both floors. Within the rear courtyard are several 19th and 20th century additions, one incorporating a re-used 17th-century arch. Internally, the basement of the north wing features two round arched openings with carved keystones and imposts. The east wing contains two large fireplaces, one with a timber lintel and one with a stone arch. A main ground floor room in the north wing has raised panelling and moulded fireplace surrounds. The south wing has bolection moulded panelling, a deep cornice, a carved 18th-century fireplace surround, several raised panel doors.