Red Court

Red Court is a house dating from 1910, designed by Osborne Moorhouse Thorpe in the Arts and Crafts style. It is built of red brick, with the first floor pebbledashed, and incorporates timber framing with decorative brick nogging and plasterwork. The steeply pitched plain tile roof has overhanging eaves and rendered brick stacks hidden at the rear. The building has a butterfly plan and two storeys with attics.

The south elevation is dominated by a straight central bay, featuring a four-light leaded casement window and a similar single light window to each side. A gabled porch is set to the east, featuring tapering angle buttresses framing a segment-headed doorcase with decorative leadwork and carved foliage on the impost blocks. The original doors, with bottle glass panes, are below a semi-circular leaded lantern in the gable. A small timber-framed balcony is attached to the porch's east side. The angled wings on either side have advanced central three-light timber cross windows on the ground floor, with matching windows above, incorporating a panel of timber framing and brick nogging. The central bay includes a pair of doors (formerly leading onto a balcony), flanked by small two-light windows and single light windows. Above this is a large timber-framed gable with a central Venetian-style balcony, set within a panel of brick nogging, surmounted by a bracketed panel of plasterwork. Large timber brackets carved with beast heads support a jettied first floor on each gable end of the angled wings. The east wing has a bay window with leaded cross windows, a pebbledashed segment-headed balcony arch with a stone keyblock, a brick-nogged timber frame balustrade, a bracketed roof, and timber framing with plaster panels to the gable. The west wing features a canted bay window with a glazed front door on the ground floor and a segment-headed balcony above, flanked by casement windows, set within decorative Cheshire-style timber framing.

The interior retains high-quality, contemporary fittings. A two-storey, galleried hall features Elizabethan-style panelling, plasterwork, and original light fittings on the staircase. The west sitting room includes a fitted bureau, cupboards around a large fireplace inset with a beaten copper hood and shells, and stained glass windows. All doors are fitted with stained glass, and the master bedroom retains its original suite of mahogany furniture.