Upton Court

LITTLE HEREFORD CP SO 56 NE 5/44 Upton Court ll.6.59 II*

Farmhouse. Late C16 or early C17 with later C17 additional wing, further alterations of early C18, minor C20 alterations. Diagonal and ornamental herringbone timber-framing with wattle-and-daub and painted brick infill, sandstone rubble plinth and stacks with brick shafts, main western stack has decorative shafts. South front refronted with brick, tiled roofs. Irregular half-H plan with through-passage and later wing added to eastern end, axial and lateral stacks, main entrance to north front through project- ing two-storey porch. Two storeys with attics and part cellar. North front: later wing to left with square panelled timber-framing and.largely refaced in brick to ground floor; two 2-light and one 3-light casement windows, one 3-light C20 window to ground floor to right of ledged door. Gable end of cross-wing to right formerly with jettied upper storey now underbuilt in brick, one 2-light and one 3-light casement window to upper floor and two similar casements to ground floor. Central hall range to right has projecting two-storey gabled porch with jettied upper storey on moulded bressummer, one 2-light casement window to upper floor, inner ledged door, hall to right has two 2-light casement windws to both floors. Gable end of western cross-wing to right with former jettied upper storey now underbuilt. One 3-light and one single-light casement window to upper floor, one 3-light window to ground floor. Interior retains mid-C17 panelling in a room in the east cross-wing. The hall has later C17 panelling with a painting over the fireplace of a house and garden, the south-west room also retains panelling of c1700 with a hunting scene over the fireplace. Late C17 west staircase has turned balusters and a moulded handrail. (RCHM, Vol 3, p 66).

Listing NGR: SO5513766027