Stanton Fields House

A former farmhouse, now a house, dating to the late 17th century, with alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries and further changes in the first third of the 20th century by and for Sir P. Stott, and again in the 1960s. The building is constructed of coursed, squared stone with a stone slate roof, although the front slope of the main section has artificial stone slates and the rear has concrete tiles. It features a four-window front, one room deep, spanning two and a half storeys, with a three-room rear wing, two storeys in height. The main front faces the garden and incorporates wooden mullion and transom windows with leaded lights and cambered stone arches. A boarded door sits to the left, with a moulded surround, Tudor arch, and a hoodmould featuring diamond stops. To the right are two-light and three-light windows, separated by a vertical joint. The first floor has three-light windows at each end, with two two-light windows between. There are three gabled dormers, each with a two-light casement window. The main roof has parapet gables, and ashlar chimneys with moulded caps are located on the left and one bay from the right end, with a cross-gablet apex to the roof’s right gable. The right return has a three-light mullioned window on the ground floor, followed by a two-light window on the first floor, and a single-light window within the gable, all adorned with hoodmoulds. The rear wing is set back, displaying a blocked doorway with a deep stone lintel, a three-light mullioned window, and a vertical joint in the stonework. Above are a single-light and a three-light mullioned window. To the right is a stone-mullioned window near the eaves, featuring five lights, two transoms, and two king mullions, topped with a hoodmould. A boarded door, matching the front door, is located to the right, alongside a two-light, ovolo-moulded window with a hoodmould. Stone steps lead up to the gable on the return. The gable has a cross-gablet apex and a ridge chimney one bay from the left end. Internally, a ‘great hall’ is found in the rear wing, featuring a large stone fireplace with a moulded arris and a Tudor arch. It has interrupted tie-beam trusses with two pairs of purlins. The original rear wing likely dates to the 17th century, the front was built in the 18th century, and it was later extended to the right. External doors, a gable window, and the ‘great hall’ were added by Stott, with the ceiling later reinserted into the ‘hall’. The building was extended to the left in the 1960s.