Stanmer House

Stanmer House is a villa dating to approximately 1826-32, with later alterations. It is constructed of ashlar, now stuccoed over brick, with a concealed roof and stuccoed end stacks. The building has a double-depth plan, featuring a central hallway and a full-height service range to the rear.

The two-storey exterior has three first-floor windows. A central break forward features a ground-floor porch with paired Ionic columns, an architrave, frieze, and cornice topped with a blocking course; this porch is now glazed with round-arched side windows featuring coloured margin-lights. A flight of roll-edged steps leads to an eight-fielded-panel door with an overlight, also with margin-lights. End pilasters have sunk panels, and a first-floor band runs along the facade. The ground floor has tripartite windows with one/one sashes, and a frieze with a cornice resting on consoles. The first floor has one/one sashes, with the central window featuring tooled architraves. A crowning entablature tops the building. The basement level has an eight/eight sash window to the right and a tripartite window with six/six sashes between two/two sashes to the left.

The interior retains original joinery including panelled shutters to windows, although the property was not fully inspected. The right return features a full-height bow window with six/six sashes, curved on plan where originally situated. The rear elevation retains six/six and eight/eight sash windows.

Stanmer House is part of a distinguished group of villas along the east side of Lypiatt Road, including Burlington House, Carrick House, Compass House, and Imperial House. These were designed by Jenkins as part of an estate laid out for James Fisher and including Suffolk Square, and were marked on Merrett's Map of 1834 as Suffolk Lawn. Designs for the properties are reputed to be held in the Gloucester Record Office.