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Listed buildings in Stanton, Staffordshire

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Stanton is a civil parish in the district of East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England. The parish contains 18 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".[1] The parish contains the village of Stanton and the surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are in the village, and consist of a church and a chapel, and associated structures, a school, farmhouses, farm buildings, and cottages. The listed buildings outside the village are a cross base and shaft, and a milepost.


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Name and location Photograph Date Notes
Ousley Cross base and shaft
52°59′53″N 1°48′52″W / 52.99804°N 1.81440°W / 52.99804; -1.81440 (Ousley Cross)
15th century (probable) The cross base and shaft are in stone. The base is square with a square socket, and the shaft, which is about 3 feet (0.91 m) high, has a square section.[2]
Chryssie Cottage
53°00′42″N 1°48′45″W / 53.01176°N 1.81239°W / 53.01176; -1.81239 (Chryssie Cottage)
17th century (probable) The house, which was remodelled in the 19th century, is in stone and has a tile roof with coped verges. There are two storeys and three bays. The doorway has a cambered arch, most of the windows are casements with chamfered mullions, and there are two skylights.[3]
Gilbert Sheldon School
53°00′42″N 1°48′47″W / 53.01177°N 1.81312°W / 53.01177; -1.81312 (Gilbert Sheldon School)
18th century The former school, which was remodelled and extended in the 19th century, is in stone with a tile roof. It has one storey, the south front has four bays, and a lower gabled projection to the left with painted bargeboards. The windows have chamfered surrounds, and there are gabled dormers.[4]
Stable northeast of Gilbert Sheldon School
53°00′43″N 1°48′46″W / 53.01184°N 1.81273°W / 53.01184; -1.81273 (Stable northeast of Gilbert Sheldon School)
18th century The stable is in stone and has a tile roof with coped verges on kneelers. There are two bays, and it contains doorways, a stable door, a loft door and casement windows.[a][5]
Wellcroft Farmhouse
53°00′38″N 1°48′33″W / 53.01062°N 1.80911°W / 53.01062; -1.80911 (Wellcroft Farmhouse)
18th century The farmhouse, which has been altered and extended, is in stone and has a tile roof with coped verges. There are two storeys and three bays, and the windows are iron casements.[6]
Farm building, Wellcroft Farm
53°00′39″N 1°48′34″W / 53.01093°N 1.80951°W / 53.01093; -1.80951 (Farm building, Wellcroft Farm)
18th century The farm building was largely rebuilt in the 19th century. It is in stone with quoins, and has an asbestos corrugated roof. The building contains a carriage arch, doorways, a stable door, windows, a mullioned loft window, a loft door, and an oculus.[7]
Stanton Methodist Chapel and Chapel House
53°00′48″N 1°48′57″W / 53.01338°N 1.81575°W / 53.01338; -1.81575 (Stanton Methodist Chapel and Chapel House)
1824 The chapel and attached cottage are in stone and have tile roofs with cope verges. The chapel has two bays, and above the doorway is a datestone with an inscription. To the right, the cottage has one storey and an attic and two bays.[8]
Pump Cottage
53°00′44″N 1°48′49″W / 53.01220°N 1.81357°W / 53.01220; -1.81357 (Pump Cottage)
Early 19th century A stone cottage that has a tile roof with coped verges. There are two storeys and two bays, and the windows are mullioned casements.[9]
Stable west of Gilbert Sheldon School
53°00′43″N 1°48′51″W / 53.01194°N 1.81405°W / 53.01194; -1.81405 (Stable west of Gilbert Sheldon School)
Early 19th century The former stable is in stone and has a tile roof with coped verges. There is one storey and a loft, three bays, a single-storey projecting extension to the left with a slate roof, and a low lean-to extension to the right with a corrugated iron roof. The building contains three ground floor doors, two loft doors, one approached by external steps, two small casement windows, and loft vents.[10]
Stables and cartshed northeast of St Mary's Church
53°00′40″N 1°48′46″W / 53.01122°N 1.81286°W / 53.01122; -1.81286 (Stables and cartshed northeast of St Mary's Church)
Early 19th century The stables and cartshed are in stone with a tile roof. There is one storey and a loft, and four bays. The building contains a segmental-headed carriage arch, stable doors, window openings, and external steps in the right gable end leading up to a loft door.[11]
The School House, wall and gate
53°00′41″N 1°48′47″W / 53.01146°N 1.81315°W / 53.01146; -1.81315 (The School House)
Early 19th century The house is in stone with a hipped slate roof. There are two storeys, an L-shaped plan, and a front of three bays. The central doorway has a raised surround and a rectangular fanlight. The windows have raised surrounds and decorative glazing, and most have chamfered mullions. In front of the garden is a rounded boundary wall about 5 feet (1.5 m) high, containing a small cast iron gate.[12]
Paddock Farmhouse
53°00′51″N 1°49′10″W / 53.01410°N 1.81937°W / 53.01410; -1.81937 (Paddock Farmhouse)
c. 1840 A stone farmhouse with a tile roof. The main block has two storeys and an attic, and three bays, and there are two parallel two-storey rear wings at right angles. The central doorway has a rectangular fanlight, most of the windows have chamfered mullions, and there is a gabled dormer.[13]
St Mary's Church and walls
53°00′39″N 1°48′50″W / 53.01077°N 1.81378°W / 53.01077; -1.81378 (St Mary's Church)
1846–47 The church is in stone with a tile roof, and is in Early English style. It consists of a nave, a south porch, a lower chancel, and a north vestry. At the west end is a gabled bellcote, and the windows are lancets, triple at the east end, and double at the west end. The churchyard is enclosed by stone walls.[14][15]
Pigsties, Paddock Farm
53°00′51″N 1°49′09″W / 53.01421°N 1.81927°W / 53.01421; -1.81927 (Pigsties, Paddock Farm)
Mid-19th century The pigsties are in stone with a tile roof, and have an L-shaped plan, and two bays. They contain a central door, and two cantilevered feeding chutes leading to stone troughs.[16]
Stable and cartshed, Paddock Farm
53°00′51″N 1°49′08″W / 53.01404°N 1.81875°W / 53.01404; -1.81875 (Stable and cartshed, Paddock Farm)
Mid-19th century The stable and cartshed are in stone and have a tile roof with coped verges. There is one storey and a loft, three bays, and a low extension to the right. The building contains stable doors, a blocked carriage arch with a pointed segment head, a casement window, and a horse trough.[17]
Stables and granary, Paddock Farm
53°00′51″N 1°49′08″W / 53.01419°N 1.81890°W / 53.01419; -1.81890 (Stables and granary, Paddock Farm)
Mid-19th century The stables and granary are in stone and have a corrugated asbestos roof with coped verges. There is one storey and a loft, three bays, and a low extension to the right. The building contains two top opening casement windows, and there are external steps leading up to a loft door.[18]
Milepost at N.G.R. SK 11314833
53°01′56″N 1°49′58″W / 53.03233°N 1.83271°W / 53.03233; -1.83271 (Milepost at N.G.R. SK 11314833)
Mid- to late 19th century The milepost is on the east side of the A52 road. It is in cast iron with a triangular plan and a cambered top. On the top is inscribed "STANTON", and on the sides are the distances to Froghall, Cheadle, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, and Ashbourne.[19]
Boldershaw Farmhouse
53°00′43″N 1°48′41″W / 53.01190°N 1.81142°W / 53.01190; -1.81142 (Boldershaw Farmhouse)
Undated The farmhouse, later a private house, is in stone with a tile roof. There are two storeys, the main block has three bays, and to the left is a two-bay extension. The main block has a central gabled porch and casement windows with chamfered mullions, and the extension also contains casement windows.[20]

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  1. ^ Street View in June 2011 shows that the stable has been converted for residential use.

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