Stanley House

Stanley House is a former large country house, now divided into three separate residences. It was begun in 1593 by Richard Clutterbuck and completed by his wife, Elizabeth, with significant alterations in the mid- and late 18th century and an early 19th-century addition. The exterior is a mix of roughcast render with limestone ashlar dressings, roughcast to ashlar and brick chimneys, and roofs of Welsh slate and concrete tile.

The main structure is a long two-story range with an attic, accompanied by two south wings and a later addition connecting them. A three-story block is situated at the east end. The front of the house features two mid-18th-century, parapet-gabled wings. Each wing has a two-window arrangement of 12-pane sash windows on both the ground and upper floors, framed by plain keyed architraves. Single round-arched attic casements, complete with imposts and plain keyed architraves, are situated in each gable, featuring leaded casements. A datestone reading 'RC EC 1593' is mounted above the upper-floor sashes of the right wing, presumed to have been repositioned from elsewhere. The central infill section, built in the early 19th century, has a lower-pitched gable and three tall, upper-floor 15-pane sashes. A blocked round-arched attic opening sits centrally. Ground floor alterations were made in the 20th century. To the right is a block with two-window sash fenestration, featuring a plain parapet. The windows include 12-pane sashes on the ground and middle floors, and a 9-pane sash on the upper floor, all with plain architraves (keyed to the ground and middle floors).

The west end showcases a parapet-gabled end of the main range with an off-centre projecting chimney stack, along with a single 2-light cavetto mullioned attic casement with a hood, containing one leaded light. A lateral chimney stack is placed to the side of the wing on the right. The east end was rebuilt in the early 19th century, using two low-pitched gables, one with a brick chimney and the other retaining an ashlar chimney with a moulded cap. Single windows with 19th-century sash windows are positioned between the gables. A recessed doorway was added in the 20th century. The rear elevation displays two gables and a mixed sash fenestration, including numerous mid-18th-century eighteen-pane sashes with thick glazing bars. Earlier openings are visible in the gables—a two-light opening on the left and a smaller single-light opening on the right.

The interior has been altered following conversion into three houses. The central infill addition conceals a former winter garden with round-arched arcading dating from the mid- to late 18th century. A large upper-floor room above the winter garden appears to be an early 19th-century addition, now featuring a later fireplace and cornice. Number 2 contains a former open-well staircase with bobbin balusters and matching newels. Many of the sash windows retain their original panelled shutters. Stanley House was formerly the principal residence of the Clutterbuck family, who owned Stanley Mill throughout the 17th and much of the 18th centuries.