The village is a spring line settlement at the foot of the Cotswold escarpment, about 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of Broadway in neighbouring Worcestershire.

On the opposite northeast – southwest axis the parish is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) across at its widest point.

Its highest point is Shenberrow Hill on the escarpment in the southeast of the parish, 994 feet (303 m) above sea level.

[11] Built in 1557 by Thomas Warren, the manor belonged to Winchcombe Abbey until the Dissolution of the Monasteries[12] and then to a series of owners, including Sir Philip Sidney Stott in the early 1900s.

[13] The English architect, civil engineer and surveyor, is credited with rescuing Stanton village from oblivion after he bought the estate in 1906.

A church was built on this site circa 1100;[3] the earliest remaining features are three Norman columns from about 1200 which form the north arcade.

The reredos of 1915, the rood screen and the east windows of the chancel and transepts are by Sir Ninian Comper and Squire Stott.

Still visible on the south wall is evidence of stone benches for the old and infirm, dating from when most of the congregation would stand during the parts of the service that did not require kneeling.

There are medieval benches at the back of the nave: "their poppy heads ringed with the chains of shepherds' dogs".

[17] Sir Philip Stott hired designer Ninian Comper to improve the church with reredos and stained glass.

[29] A Grade II listed building Stanton Court is a 14,644 square feet (1,360.5 m2) Jacobean manor house built for the Izod family in the "early and later part" of 17th Century.

[30] It passed to their relatives, the Wynniatt family, in the early 18th century, who then extended the house adding a wing with Georgian sitting room.

[32] The building was originally a farmhouse,[4] known as "The Bank" until 1897 when it became a pub owned by Donnington Brewery and Richard Arkell.

It was an off-licence facility for decades, known as "The Five Elms"; since alcoholic beverages could not be sold inside, the inn operator made cider in an outbuilding.

[33] The Great Western Railway's main line between Stratford-upon-Avon and Cheltenham Spa Malvern Road was built through the parish between 1900 and 1904,[3] passing about 0.5 miles (800 m) west of the village.