Building record 1232100000 - STOKE PLACE

Grade II. Central section completed in 1698, the wings added circa 1755. More additions of C19 to left and right. Red brick; old tile roof. Central section of 2 storeys, basement and attic. Five bays, the centre 3 advanced and pedimented. Basement with five 2-light casement windows. Ground and 1st floors with 5 flush sash windows. Stringcourse at 1st floor level. Modern dormer windows. All windows with glazing bars. To the left and separated from the central section, a 2-bay addition in the same style except that the windows are in reveals. Left and right of this composition, C18 wings. That on the left is of 6 bays. Segment-headed windows in reveals. Ground floor windows altered. That on the right is of 4 bays. Ground floor with 4 Tuscan columns supporting an entablature and forming a covered way. Flush windows. Hipped roof. Garden elevation with big bow windows running through 2 storeys of wings. Centre with curved pediment doorcase. No central pediment on this side but timber dentil cornice. Interior with remains of rococo plasterwork and painted wall decoration; entrance hall with screen of 4 Roman Doric Columns. F M Sir George Howard lived here, 1771-96 (B1).