Old Court is a Grade II* listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1986. A Medieval Farmhouse.
Old Court
- WRENN ID
- slow-brick-amber
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Old Court, Longtown
- OS grid reference
- SO 337 302
- Coordinates
- 51.96697, -2.96563
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Court is a farmhouse that dates back to the 14th century, with remodels in the 16th century and further alterations and additions in the 17th century. It underwent restoration and alterations in the 20th century. The building is constructed of sandstone rubble, featuring a combination of hipped stone slate and 20th-century tiled roofs.
The central hall range runs east to west and includes an inserted axial stack, with cross-wings at either end that have been extended to the south, west, and east. There are additional stacks on the cross-wings, and the entrance is located on the south front of the west cross-wing. The farmhouse has two storeys and attics, with the hall range being single storey and attic, and a basement beneath the west wing.
On the south front, the west cross-wing is to the left, featuring a central flat-roofed 20th-century dormer window and a single light window to the right of centre on the first floor. There is a cambered-headed doorway further to the right. The central recessed hall range has two 2-light casement windows, with the left-hand window in a blocked doorway. The east cross-wing on the right has one 2-light casement window on the upper floor and a 3-light casement window below, which has a cambered head, next to a lean-to projection with a 2-light window.
The north front of the hall range features a transomed window with two trefoil-headed lights. Inside the hall range, the inserted floor was removed during the 20th-century restoration, revealing three largely complete cruck trusses. The central truss has an arch-braced collar with moulded members, and there is a large open fireplace at the stack that backs against the tie-beam, which formed the upper rail of the screens partition. Two ogee-headed doorheads are visible toward the centre of the beam, and there is a stone winder staircase in the east cross-wing. Most of the wooden mullioned windows noted by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England have been replaced, with one remaining on the east side of the east cross-wing.
Local climate
Old Court receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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