Description

STOCKTON STOCKTON PARK ST 93 NE (south side) 7/143 Stockton House 21.7.50 GV I

Country house. 1580s for John Topp, altered 1802 by Jeffry Wyattville, restored and altered by Benjamin and B.J. Ferrey, 1877-82. Banded limestone ashlar and flint, tiled gabled roofs with coped verges and stone stacks. Two-storey and attic, 5- window north west front. Three-storey porch to right of centre; round-arched opening and Tuscan order with urns to ground floor, 4- light mullioned and transomed window to first, 3-light mullioned casement to attic, strapwork cresting and obelisk pinnacles, 3- light and 4-light mullioned and transomed casement either side of porch to ground and first floors, lintel string courses, two attic gables left and right with 3-light mullioned casements with hoodmoulds. Right return has central Tuscan porch, possibly early C19 with double half-glazed inner doors, 4-light mullioned and transomed casement either side, three to first floor and three attic gables with 3-light mullioned casements with hoodmoulds. Rear has four 4-light mullioned and transomed casements to ground and first floors, four attic gables with 3-light mullioned casements; all mullioned and transomed windows have ovolo moulds and attic windows are hollow-moulded. Lead rainwater goods dated 1879. Two-storey 1870s rear service and nursery wing with banded masonry as main house, mullioned casements, parapet with strapwork panels, tower on north side with strapwork cresting and finials. Left return of main house, overlooking service court, has 5-light and 4-light mullioned and transomed windows, ledged door, two attic gables with 3-light ovolo or hollow-mullioned casements. Interior: house retains some exceptional late C16 plaster ceilings, carved fireplaces and panelling. Entrance hall on south west side remodelled by J. Wyattville 1802; stairs rise up in two arms, cross hall on bridge and divide again into two, cast-iron balusters and wreathed moulded handrails, reeded door architraves with paterae. Outer hall on north west side altered since 1905, now contains reset French stone fireplace, reset Tudor-arched oak doorways. Dining room in west corner has Tudor-arched stone fireplace. White Drawing Room in south corner has plaster ceiling T with curvilinear thin ribs, strapwork frieze with initials I M and wainscot panelling and one niche, fine stone fireplace with columns, square surround, strapwork friezes and overmantel with heraldic arms. First floor: music room over main entrance has rich plaster ceiling with flat ribs and fruit, animals and flowers, wainscot panelling with Corinthian pilasters and scrolled frieze, stone fireplace with coupled columns and richly-carved overmantel, reset doorway with ornate carving at south end. South bedroom has ribbed ceiling with floral motifs, wainscot panelling and Ionic fireplace. Sitting room on east side has good plaster ceiling with pendant, panelling, unusual fireplace with caryatids, strapwork and overmantel with cartouche depicting Daniel Ch.3 v.25 and two figures. Bedroom in east corner has ribbed plaster ceiling, Tudor-arched fireplace, carved wooden overmantel, full panelling with guilloche frieze, door with cock's head hinges. Large bedroom on north side has curvilinear-ribbed plaster ceiling with initials ER and royal arms, Tuscan stone fireplace with overmantel with strapwork cartouche of arms of James I and caryatids. North-west bedroom has early C19 marble and pine fireplace with egg and dart surround, 6-panelled doors. 1870s nursery wing has 6-panelled doors and tiled and cast-iron fireplaces. C17 Chapel range attached to left of entrance front in chequered flint and stone, three 2-light mullioned windows with arched lights and one 2-light ovolo-mullioned casement, 2-storey bay to right with semi-circular gable, rear facing stable court has three; mullioned casements with arched lights, oval gable end window; interior not inspected. A fine example of a Wiltshire Elizabethan house with especially good interior. (Country Life, Oct.21, 1905; N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England, Wiltshire, 1975; The Builder, 1882)

Listing NGR: ST9768838674

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)