Standerwick Court

Country house, dating to the early 18th century, with later 18th-century additions and alterations, and a 17th-century wing set at right angles to the rear. The house is rendered with a hipped slate roof, a moulded cornice, and a parapet. Small, box-shaped dormers are present, along with ashlar stacks. The entrance front has two storeys and an attic, arranged over six bays, with sash windows featuring glazing bars within moulded stone surrounds. A single-storey, semi-circular ashlar porch is centrally positioned, with a cornice and parapet. It contains a six-panelled door, flanked by curved sash windows with glazing bars. The garden front, arranged over seven bays, also has sash windows with glazing bars in moulded stone surrounds, with the ground-floor end windows retaining early 18th-century glazing bars. C19 louvred sliding external shutters are present, along with lead downpipes and rainwater heads. The rear elevation features a large, semicircular stairlight containing 70 panes, and two sash windows with glazing bars on each floor to each side. A two-storey wing of 17th-century origin extends at right angles to the rear, incorporating renewed two- and three-light stone-mullioned windows. The interior includes a reused mid-18th-century dogleg staircase, installed in a modified form in the mid-19th century with turned and twisted balusters, a ramped handrail, and newel posts in the form of fluted Ionic columns. An earlier 18th-century staircase, which has been reused as a servants’ stair, displays plainer twisted balusters and also features a ramped handrail. Significant interior features include a moulded plaster ceiling in a ground-floor room, late 18th-century panelling, and a moulded cornice in the stairwell, all dating to the early 18th century. Further contemporary features are also present.