Old Court

This is a farmhouse, dating to the second half of the 14th century, with alterations made in the 16th to 20th centuries. The timber-frame structure is now entirely clad in coursed rubble with stone tufa dressings around the stacks, and it has a stone slate roof. The house has an H-plan, with a service wing partly rebuilt in stone; the upper end is likely from the 16th century, and the hall features a through passage. There are stacks including a rear lateral stack to the hall, a side stack to the service, and a 19th-century rear gable stack.

The upper end of the house has external steps leading to a first-floor granary entrance, and a 19th-century casement window on the ground floor. The hall has three 2-light casements to the first floor, and three similar casements to the ground floor, each with segmental heads. A late 19th-century stone-slated porch covers the entrance door on the left. The service wing features a segmental headed 16-pane sash window with a visible sash box on each floor, and the gable appears to have been rebuilt.

Inside the upper end, two queen post trusses are visible, thought to be from the 16th century. The hall has two bays with a spere truss over the through passage; a floor was inserted during the 16th century, and the ground floor is further divided by a timber-framed wall that crosses the arch of the lateral stack. The hearth opening has a heavily moulded 3-centred arch, likely dating to the 14th century. The central truss features a suspended king post with scissor braces, with a sawn-off bottom end. The openings are filled with pierced tracery; the spere truss has a collar with raked queen struts and V-struts in the apex, all cusped to form trefoils. Arch braces connect the spere posts to the tie-beam, forming a trefoil arch. Small braces are present between the spere and wall posts, although the wall posts have been removed. Visible peg holes in the lower edge of the moulded wall-plate in the through passage indicate the presence of former timber-frame construction. Two doors lead to the two rooms of the service wing, with plaster covering the walls. The front service room has some exposed framing, including a main ceiling beam with a deep chamfer and painted floral designs, one depicting a lady, which are possibly from the 14th century. Both ground and first-floor fireplaces are heavily moulded, potentially dating to the 14th century. The roof is not visible but has likely been renewed.