Writing in 1931, Victor Strode Manley, as part of his Regional Survey Of Warminster And District, made the following notes about Stockton:
Also, “commenced by John Topp in Elizabeth’s time, and completed by him early in the reign of her successor. The ornamental ceilings and panellings, the chimney pieces, the fine oak carving, and other notable features are preserved in many of the rooms . . . “
Built circa 1603 and is, as regards its exterior, a somewhat plain type of Elizabethan House but . . . . There is no room of the kind in Wiltshire and few in England that can match the drawing room . . .” (Wiltshire Archaeological Society visit 1923).