Upper Stanton Farmhouse

Location

Up a track on the west side of the Llanthony road about 1500m north west of St Michael, Llanvihangel Crucorney.

History

A C17 farmhouse which was very extensively remodelled and made considerably larger in the mid C19 so that very little from the first build survives. It is has been modernised internally since then, but the external appearance remains the same.

Exterior

Roughly squared and coursed red sandstone with Welsh slate roofs. Two ranges with separate roof lines at right angles to each other, the principal rooms are in the block along the road and the service wing is behind. The angle between the two blocks is filled by a single storey lean-to with catslide roof. The main block is two-and-a-half storeys, the ground storey being the low C17 one. The road elevation has two windows on the ground floor and two gabled half dormers above. These have bargeboards and spike finials. The first floor windows are in the gable ends, two at each end, attic window above. All these windows are 8 over 8 sashes with elliptical heads, except for the 4 over 4 one in the attic of the right hand gable. Cusped bargeboards to the gables. Tall red brick stack. The rear wing has two further windows with sashes below and casements above. Gable end stack, small lean-to extension to right. The rear of this wing is hidden by the catslide and has only a roof-light.

Interior

Only the ground floor was seen at resurvey (May 1997). It appears to have begun as a C17 two unit house with a cross-passage. This is the block which runs parallel with the road. The left hand room of this survives with chamfered ceiling beams. This house appears to have had a stair turret on the back. The Victorian farmhouse has been improved and modernised and the character is largely C20. One interesting surviving feature is the bacon rack in the kitchen.

Reason for designation

Included for group value as a part of the historic farm group at Upper Stanton Farm.