Titley Court And Adjoining Stable

This is a country house with an adjoining stable block, dating from the 17th century but significantly altered in the 18th and mid- to late 19th centuries. The stable block was built in the late 18th century. The house was possibly originally timber-framed but has been completely rebuilt in sandstone rubble and brick, with ashlar dressings, a Welsh slate roof, and a sandstone rubble stable block with ashlar dressings and a roof partly of Welsh slate and partly of stone slate. The house has an irregular L-shaped plan with numerous gables running across two wings, and several axial stacks, some with decorative grouped shafts. A two-storey projecting porch is on the west side, with a further entrance to the centre of the south wing. The stable block runs east to west, adjoining the west wing. The building has two storeys, attics, and cellars.

The south front features a crenellated turret at the corner and six uneven gables, the central gable having a small semi-circular window, and two-centred arched heads above first-floor sash windows, incorporating decorative glazing. A two-centred arched doorway has a part-glazed door with lights matching the decorative glazing above. To the left is a gabled two-storey and attic canted bay with a pointed arched attic window, and square-headed openings flanking it with sash windows. Further to the left is another gabled bay with pointed windows in the gable and square-headed sash windows below; the first floor windows have a panel of mock glazing above them. A four-light window is on the ground floor, and paired semi-circular headed windows are within the turret. A similar canted bay with attics flanks the entrance bay to the right, and features square-headed stone mullioned and transomed windows. The ground floor projects forward with two canted bays, displaying a blocked crenellated parapet and plain sash windows. Decorative bargeboards are on the gables. The west side features square-headed windows incorporating mullioned and transomed lights. Internally, at the time of resurvey in April 1986, access was not possible, but it is reported to retain a fine late 17th-century plastered ceiling divided into nine panels by heavily moulded and enriched trabeations, with floral and folial decoration within the panels. Two fine 17th-century overmantels are also said to remain.

The stable block, at the rear, has a central projecting gable topped with a decorative octagonal lantern and dentilled eaves. A pointed arched window with decorative glazing sits centrally, flanked by segmental carriage entrances. A clock face is built into the gable.