Fairfield Court

SO 97 NW BELBROUGHTON CP STOURBRIDGE ROAD (west side) Fairfield

6/50 Fairfield Court 23.4.52

GV II*

Farmhouse, now house. C16, partly rebuilt early C17 with mid-C18 and mid-C19 alterations and additions; restored mid-C20. Part timber-framed with rendered infill, brick replacement walling and refacing; part sandstone and brick with sandstone dressings; plain tiled roofs. Hall and intersecting cross-wing; three-bay hall part aligned east/west with central north porch wing and large central sandstone chimney with two star-shaped ridge stacks forming baffle-entry plan. Cross-wing is of two framed bays and intersects at the east end of the hall part; it has two external chimneys, the northern- most one is sandstone and has two star-shaped brick stacks. Two storeys and attic with rear dormer; two-course band at first floor level to rear of cross- wing. Framing: cross-wing north gable end has close-set studding; first floor is jettied on shaped brackets; remains of collar and tie-beam truss with two collars and struts (partly painted in); sides and rear of cross-wing refaced and rebuilt. North front elevation: hall part has a ground floor stone 3-light splayed mullioned and transomed window and a 3-light C20 casement; two first floor 3-light splayed mullioned windows; porch wing has a 2-light similar mullioned first floor window and a round-headed archway with slightly project- ing keyblock and impost blocks; ledged and battened door within. Cross-wing gable end has ground floor C20 bay window and a 3-light casement with leaded lights. Interior: stop-chamfered main ceiling beams. Large back-to-back fire- place in hall part on south side of which is dog-leg oak staircase with moulded strings and handrail, turned balusters and large square newels with shaped finials. A C18 dairy wing adjoins the west side elevation with a 3-light mullioned window add two rectangular lights in its west front elevation. To tile rear of this is a C19 service wing. Also rear wing to south of hall. The house stands on a moated site which has been filled in on the north side. ( YCH 3(i), p 11-12; BoE p 150).

Listing NGR: SO9456775946