Broom Court

SP05SE BIDFORD-ON-AVON BROOM

5/28 Broom Court 01/02/67

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House. c.1618 (VCH). Altered, possibly partly rebuilt, mid C19. Built for Sir Simon Clarke. Limestone ashlar front on coursed rubble plinth, with moulded stone cornice. Side wall of rougher coursed stone with long quoins. M-shaped roof of shaped tile with crested ridge-tiles and brick chimneys at ridge and ends. Central staircase double depth plan, altered. Symmetrical facade. Two storeys and attic with mid C19 casement dormers; 3-window range. C19 six-panelled door with overlight has stone architrave with 2 cavetto mouldings flanked by single Tuscan columns on high pedestals, with entablature blocks and moulded cornice. Small hall window to right. Mid C19 stone mullioned and transomed canted bay windows to ground floor. 1st floor has 3-light stone mullioned windows, each with stone shield of Clarke arms in the wall above. Interior: Straight flight staircase with simple C17 turned balusters. Hall window with armorial glass of Woodchurch and Clarke families, said to be C17 (VCH). Some ceiling beams with broad chamfers. On 1st floor several old 4-panelled doors with H hinges. To rear long mid C19 red brick wings with some older roughly coursed stonework. The house is said to have been burnt out at some point. (V.C.H.: Warwickshire III, p.56; Buildings of England : Warwickshire, p.93).

Listing NGR: SP0878152533