The Stone House, Back Lane, Stanhope; Listed building (Stanhope)

STANHOPE BACK LANE (North side) NY 9939 Stanhope 34/148 The Stone House (Nos.7 & 8, 31.1.67 Stone Houses) GV II

House and wing. Circa 1600. Thinly-rendered rubble sandstone and millstone grit with large irregular quoins and ashlar dressings; stone-flagged roof with stone gable copings. 2½ storeys, 4 bays and 2-storey, one-bay left wing. Ledged and boarded door at right in Tudor-arched surround with wide, broach- stopped chamfers; irregular-block jambs to door and to windows with wide- chamfered stone mullions and surrounds. Ground floor has two 3-light windows and one single; single lights above, irregularly-spaced and of varying sizes; 2 small windows at eaves have iron bars and rails.

Left extension has C20 door and late C19 sashes under flat stone lintels. Ashlar-corniced left end chimney on main house; massive external stack on extension. Roll-moulded right gable coping.

Rear 2-storey, one-bay catslide extension. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: NY9974439272