Huntsham Court And Adjoining Gate Piers

The building is a farmhouse, dating to the early 17th century, with subsequent additions from the later 17th and 18th centuries, and alterations in the 20th century. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar, with concrete tiled roofs. Originally L-shaped, the house has been extended to the west and south, with later additions to the south-west, north-east, and further 18th-century additions to the north and south. The two main lateral stacks are located towards the angle of the L-shape, and one is now enclosed by a later gabled extension to the rear of the south wing. The main entrance is centrally positioned on the west elevation of the south wing. The house has three storeys and a cellar.

The fenestration largely consists of stone mullioned windows with square hoodmolds. The west front has two windows flanking a central porch to the main block, and two late 19th-century 2-light casements to the second floor, suggesting a possible altered floor level. A range of five-light stone mullioned windows with hoodmolds sits to the left, with a similar three-light window to the right. A glazing bar sash window is located on the ground floor right, and a three-light mullioned window illuminates the cellar to the left. Steps lead up to the central porch, which is supported by robust Tuscan columns with three open three-centred arches, a deep moulded cornice, and a hipped lean-to roof. The doorway has moulded jambs and a four-centred head, and is fitted with a solid studded ledged door. A projecting gable on the wing to the left has two ranges of glazing bar sash windows with flat stone arches, and a pair of four-pane sashes under a segmental head to the attic (second floor).

On the north face of the additions to the right (south-west) of the main block, an inserted 20th-century 3-light stone mullioned window with hoodmould sits alongside a range of two-light mullioned windows further to the west. The rear is irregular, with a stack at the junction with a cross-wing, which has been extended as two projecting gables. An apex chimney sits on the left gable. The fenestration is irregular; one two-light stone mullioned window is found on each floor of the main block, along with altered 19th-century two-light casements to the right and an inserted 20th-century three-light stone mullioned window to the left of an altered doorway. A partly-glazed panelled door and a fine bolection moulded doorway (possibly resited) are located in a single-storey 18th-century extension further to the right (north). A resited datestone of 1645 is set into the lintel of a lower window on the south face of a later 17th-century addition.

Internally, the building has been altered but retains fine chamfered spine beams with run-out stops in the main hall and fragments of plastering with a fleur-de-lis motif. A 20th-century restored fireplace is in the main hall. Adjoining the north side of the 18th-century north addition are a pair of rebuilt 18th-century piers which were formerly sited at the entrance of the driveway, approximately 80 metres north of the house. The site has a very ancient history, likely of medieval origins, and is also associated with Roman remains.