Stanton Court

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STANTON STANTON VILLAGE SP 0634-0734 11/85 Stanton Court 4.7.60 GV II Manor house. Early and later C17 for Izod family; altered mid C18 for Wynniatt's; extensively altered early C20 by and for Sir P.Stott; late C20 alterations. Well squared, coursed stone; stone slate roof. Five window front, U-shaped, with turrets in inner corners, one room deep, 2 1/2 storeys: 2 1/2 and 1 1/2 storey wings on left forming large 'Z'. Front elevation: left wing wider than right; plinth; all windows ovolo moulded, mullion and transom, mullion only to gables main wings; nearly all C20; continuous string acts as hoodmould to ground floor windows. Left wing: 8- light window with 3 king mullions, 2-light in right return: above 5-light with 2 king mullions, hoodmould; 2-light in right return. Three-light to attic, parapet gable, parapet to eaves right return; ashlar chimney left return with moulded cap. Centre: 2-light windows to front and returns of corner turrets, on all 3 floors, except ground floor, right return left turret; 4-light with king mullion each floor in centre, all with continuous string course as hoodmould. Ground floor, left turret, right return, panelled door up one stone step, Doric pilaster each side, upper part fluted; Tudor arch, strapwork frieze and pediment, with coat of arms. Parapet gables to front of turrets, openwork stone finials from eaves: paired parapet gables to centre; ashlar chimney to centre, rear. Right wing 7-light window ground floor, 2 king mullions; blocked window left return. Above 5-light window with 2 king mullions, hoodmould, blocked window left return. Gable and attic as left wing; 2 chimneys from eaves right return, moulded caps. On left of main front, 2 slight set backs, 2-storey wing, 4-light mullioned window, plain chamfer, over steps to cellar; buttress to left, parapet gable. Set back behind, 7-light mullion and transom window to kitchen, 5-light ovolo moulded window above, 2-light casement in dormer, parapet gable with ashlar chimney. On right return well set back, gateway against house: rusticated square piers,Doric pilasters, plain cornice, moulded edge to cap, swept up to ball finial; wrought-iron gates between. Interior: hall, small-sized dust-ledge panelling, stone fireplace surround, exposed ceiling joists. Rear room, right wing, panelling, cast-iron radiator cover under window. Adam-style fireplace, moulded cornice, moulded plaster ceiling (C17). Front room probably C20 copy of rear. Double ovolo moulding to cellar door surround: also to stone fireplace surrounds, with frieze and moulded stone shelf over, all C17, in front room on ground floor, left wing, first floor in centre, and in rear room right wing. Stairs in left corner turret from first to second floor C17, probably reset, with splat balusters and square newels. Moulded stone fireplace surround front room, top floor, left wing. Roof trusses timber-framed cross walls. Original house 5-bay, gabled front, with projecting towers in second and-fourth bays: end wings projected forward to form 'U' plan later in C17. C18 sash windows replaced early C20. (Photographs at N.M.R., articles in Country Life, 1911, 1952; by B. Little, in Gloucestershire Countryside, Vol. 9; D. Verey, Gloucestershire, the Cotswolds, 1970).

Listing NGR: SP0680534333

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Sources

Books and journals
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 1 The Cotswolds, (1970)
Country Life in Country Life, (1911)
Country Life in Country Life, (1952)
Little, B, Gloucestershire Countryside in Gloucestershire Countryside, ()

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