Old Court

Old Court is a house dating from the late 17th century, likely incorporating parts of an earlier building, with later additions and alterations. It is constructed of red brick in a mixed bond, possibly replacing or encasing a timber frame, and has a slate roof. The building is L-shaped, featuring a two-bay cross-wing that projects to the left. It has two storeys and an attic, with a window arrangement of 1:2. The windows include 19th-century metal casements, some with leaded lights, as well as 20th-century casements designed to imitate the earlier style. A 20th-century gabled eaves dormer is located in the left bay of the main range.

The entrance is now through a 20th-century glazed door in the right wall of the cross-wing, while the right window in the main range occupies the position of an infilled doorway. A prominent external lateral stack is situated to the left of the cross-wing, featuring projecting strips and a toothed band at the top of its base, which is partly made of rubblestone; the top of the shaft was rebuilt in early 20th-century red brick. There is also an integral end stack to the right of the main range.

Inside, the ground-floor room of the hall range has deep-chamfered spine and cross beams, and it likely features a reused richly moulded segmental wooden lintel above the inglenook fireplace. The timber frame, mainly composed of square panels, is exposed on the wall separating the hall range from the cross-wing, as well as on the dividing wall between the two rooms of the cross-wing. The front room has a deep-chamfered cross beam, while the rear room showcases elaborately moulded ceiling beams and chamfered joists. A part of a plank and muntin screen is visible on the right side of the wall dividing the two rooms of the cross-wing, with the position of an infilled hatch or window evident to the left.

A late 17th-century staircase in the hall range features a right-angled turn to the left, with decorated carved splat balusters and a moulded handrail. The timber frame is also exposed in the cross walls on the first floor, which has wide boarded oak floorboards. The roof of the cross-wing consists of two bays, but the central truss was plastered over at the time of the last survey in October 1986.