Stanton Hall

Stanton Hall is a country house, originally dating to the early 18th century, with possible origins in the 17th century. It was significantly altered between 1799 and 1800 by Lindley of Doncaster, with further modifications in the 19th and 20th centuries, including an addition to the east circa 1920.

The house is constructed of coursed squared gritstone and ashlar gritstone with gritstone dressings and quoins to the earlier sections. It has a graduated green slate roof with lead flashings and stone ridges, along with side wall and gable end stacks. The early 18th-century portion features a plinth, moulded string course between the first and attic floors, and a plain parapet. The 1800 addition has a plinth, plain bands between storeys, a moulded eaves cornice, and plain parapets with balustraded panels.

The building’s irregular plan comprises a seven-bay early 18th-century house, extended to the north by a single bay in a similar style. Attached to the south is a large five-by-five-bay house built in 1800, and a gabled single bay section, externally dating to the mid-19th century, is attached to the north, beyond a single bay addition. A single-storey library addition was added to the east around 1920.

The west front displays the 1800 ashlar house with three plain sashes and two glazing bar sashes under flat arches and full height, with five plain sashes above, also under flat arches. A recessed early 18th-century house of coursed squared gritstone has an early 20th-century porch addition to the south, featuring a moulded doorcase and balustraded parapets. To the north are two pairs of adjoining glazing bar sashes in raised surrounds, likely dating to the early 19th century, along with a 19th-century rusticated doorcase under a new stone lintel. Further north is another 19th-century glazing bar sash in a raised surround. The original early 18th-century house has seven tall glazing bar sashes, mostly with original thick glazing bars and glass in flush surrounds with a raised fillet; above these are seven shallower glazing bar sashes in moulded surrounds, also mostly original. Above these, in the attic storey, are seven more glazing bar sashes in moulded surrounds.

The additional north bay, beyond the original line of quoins, includes a mid-19th-century basket arched doorcase with a Latin inscription on the lintel, a 19th-century glazing bar sash, and a copy of the attic sashes with chamfered quoins to the north side. The parapet over this bay is balustraded and appears dated 1693. A gabled bay to the north has a single glazing bar sash on the ground floor, a pair of adjoining glazing bar sashes above, and a coved cornice with an arrow-shaped cross window in the gable.

The south elevation of the 1800 house features an advanced central three-bay section with a semi-circular Doric porch, supporting a balcony, covering double glazed doors. Full-height sashes are positioned to either side, with plain sashes to the east and glazing bar sashes to the west; similar, shallower, sashes are above. A canted bay window sits above the balcony, under a segmental relieving arch with fanlight-like stone decoration. A large pediment over the advanced central bays incorporates a central bull's eye window.