Payton Court

Payton Court is an early to mid-19th century town house, now converted into flats, situated within the New Town area of Stratford-upon-Avon. The building is constructed of brick with a slate roof and brick stacks on the rear and end elevations. It is designed in a Georgian style, presenting a symmetrical three-window façade. Wide eaves are supported by slender brackets. The central entrance is distinguished by a round-headed doorcase featuring fluted pilasters and an open bracketed pediment. Above the six-fielded-panel door is a fanlight with radial glazing bars. The ground floor windows feature sills and twelve-pane sashes. The first floor originally contained windows with sills; these have been altered to include two later 19th-century canted oriels. These oriels have aprons, bracketed cornices, and twelve-pane, horned sashes, with a window featuring a sill and a segmental head over a 20th-century casement that replaces a blind window. A lower side wing has been substantially altered and features a segmental-headed window with a nine-pane sash, and an entrance to the right. The rear of the building has also been altered.