The Old Bakehouse

STANTON HIGH STREET SP 0634-0734 (south side) 11/78 The Old Bakehouse 4.7.60 GV II House. C17, altered C19, 1926-7 by and for Sir P. Stott. Roughly squared, coursed stone, larger quoins; stone slate roof. 'U' plan, one room deep, 2 1/2 storeys, wing to rear off left corner. To road: right wing wider than left: mullioned windows, with hoodmoulds, leaded lights, C20 metal opening lights. Plinth: left wing 4-light window; 3-light right return replacing doorway; 4- light at rear of recess, boarded door in corner, 2 stone steps, lean-to roof over. Three-light window right wing. Above, 3-light in left wing, 3-light without hoodmould right return; 3-light at back of recess rising into gabled stone dormer; 4-light on right wing. Parapets to all gables, left with ridge chimney, moulded cap, right cross-gablet apex. Further chimney on ridge right wing and on cross roof, to right of front door. Low walls link wings at front, central opening, approached by 4 stone steps. Interior not inspected. (T. Edwards, article in Country Life, 1952)

Listing NGR: SP0687034235