Stoneraise Place

Stoneraise Place is a house dated 1753, though it may be older, and was remodeled in the late 19th century. It is constructed of rendered rubble sandstone with painted dressings, featuring gable and ridge chimney stacks, and has a Westmorland slate roof laid in diminishing courses.

The building has an earlier through-passage plan, indicated by the opposed doorways. The main entrance is on the left side, featuring a 54-panel door within a pilaster surround, topped with a rectangular overlight that has glazing bars and a shallow cornice. On both floors, there are glazing bar sash windows with 6 over 6 panes in moulded surrounds, accompanied by shallow hoods supported by deep brackets. To the right, there are two more sash windows on the first floor, a second doorway with French windows, and another ground floor sash window at the right end.

The rear elevation has a doorway at the right end, with a lintel inscribed 'j H S 175', referring to John and Sarah Harrison, and features a chamfered surround and a panelled door. Further right, there are glazing bar sashes with 8 over 8 panes on the ground floor and 6 over 6 panes above, both in plain painted surrounds. A small ground floor sash window to the left of the doorway has tiny panes, possibly marking the location of a fire window near the internal stack cross wall. Above, there is a 6 over 6 pane sash window, and further left, a tall 6 over 6 pane stair window at half landing level.

Inside, the detailing reflects the date of the external remodeling, with 19th-century moulded plasterwork in the passage and archway. The stair features plain stick balusters with a moulded and scrolled handrail. There are late 19th-century hearth surrounds and a moulded surround for an arched recess in the ground floor reception rooms.

Historically, this house is notable as the birthplace of the eminent physicist William Henry Bragg (1862-1942), who, along with his son Lawrence Bragg, was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1915 for their work on crystal structures using X-rays.