Broom Court

Broom Court is a house built around 1618, possibly altered or partly rebuilt in the mid-19th century. It was constructed for Sir Simon Clarke. The front is made of limestone ashlar on a coursed rubble plinth, featuring a moulded stone cornice. The side walls are made of rougher coursed stone with long quoins. The roof is M-shaped, covered with shaped tiles and crested ridge-tiles, and has brick chimneys at the ridge and ends.

The house has a central staircase with a double depth plan that has been altered. The symmetrical facade consists of two storeys and an attic, with mid-19th century casement dormers and a three-window range. The entrance features a 19th-century six-panelled door with an overlight, framed by a stone architrave with two cavetto mouldings, flanked by single Tuscan columns on high pedestals, topped with entablature blocks and a moulded cornice. To the right of the entrance is a small hall window. The ground floor has mid-19th century stone mullioned and transomed canted bay windows, while the first floor features three-light stone mullioned windows, each adorned with a stone shield displaying the Clarke arms above.

Inside, there is a straight flight staircase with simple 17th-century turned balusters. The hall window contains armorial glass representing the Woodchurch and Clarke families, believed to be from the 17th century. Some ceiling beams have broad chamfers. On the first floor, there are several old four-panelled doors with H hinges. At the rear, there are long mid-19th century red brick wings that incorporate some older roughly coursed stonework. The house is reported to have been burnt out at some point.