Stanton Court

Stanton Court is a house, originally the rectory, dating from 1780, although it may have earlier 18th-century origins. It is constructed of stone rubble with freestone dressings and has a two-span stone slate roof with gabled ends. The gables feature 19th-century ashlar stacks.

The house originally had a double-depth plan with two principal rooms facing the south, likely with a central entrance leading to a stairhall at the rear. Smaller rooms flanked the stairhall, with a study on the northwest side and a kitchen on the northeast side. In the late 19th century, the south front was remodelled, the front door was blocked, and a new entrance was created at the rear, accompanied by a wing built onto the northeast side. A further wing was added to the west side in the 20th century. Those later wings, now separate dwellings, are not included in the heritage listing.

The south garden front is symmetrical, with three windows and two attic gables. It features two two-storey stone bay windows with stone mullion windows, stone slate roofs, a tall mullion-transom window at the centre of the ground floor, a window above, and smaller attic windows with labels. Sashes have leaded panes, and the southeast corner has 18th-century rusticated quoins. The rear north front, now the entrance, features two-light windows on either side, and four-light stone mullion windows on the first floor with king mullions. Second-floor windows are in stone frames with keystones and have two-light, twelve-pane sashes, the left retaining original frames. A circa 20th-century porch is centrally positioned, partially obscuring the stair window above. A large stone tablet with a cornice is above the stair window, featuring a recessed panel with a quatrefoil and shield, flanked by smaller shields and the inscription “SS RECTOR 1780.” There are four plastered gabled attic dormers with casements. The ground floor has been extended on either side of the porch to create corridors linking the later wings.

Inside, the drawing room has fielded panelling, a moulded cornice, and a 20th-century chimneypiece. The dining room retains similar panelling and a 19th-century chimneypiece. The study has a 19th-century stone chimneypiece. The rebuilt 18th-century staircase has alternate twisted and moulded balusters. Much of the original 18th-century joinery remains on the first floor, including fielded six-panel doors and a bolection chimneypiece in one chamber. In the attics of the rear north range, there are substantial trusses with mortices for former tenoned purlins and high collars.