Over Court, Forecourt Walls and Piers is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1985. House.

Over Court, Forecourt Walls and Piers

WRENN ID
moated-crypt-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 July 1985
Type
House
Address
Over Court, Forecourt Walls and Piers, Sutton
OS grid reference
SO 527 458
Coordinates
52.10869, -2.69093
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Over Court is a house that was originally used as the master's house for a school, with an attached school built in the 19th century. The building likely dates from the 17th century, with some alterations and extensions made in the late 19th century. It is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble and features crested plain tiled roofs with two ridge stacks.

The layout is rectangular, oriented roughly east to west, with the 17th-century section on the west and a lower 19th-century section added to the east. The west part has one storey and an attic, featuring three windows under hood-moulds, each with two lights divided by mullions—two windows are located to the left and one to the right of a gabled porch that has an entry on its west side. There are also 2-light casements, which are mullioned, on the east gable. A later 19th-century canted mullioned bay window is present on the west gable.

The east part includes a lean-to on the road frontage that connects at the eaves, creating an almost catslide appearance. The east gable, likely part of the 19th-century school room, features a 3-light mullioned window under a hood-mould. The entrance is located under the lean-to. The walls surrounding the property are about six feet high, blocking off the west part and its porch from the roadside, and they break at square piers topped with pineapple finials in front of the east part.

Local climate

Over Court, Forecourt Walls and Piers receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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