Fairfield Court

Fairfield Court is a farmhouse, now a house, dating back to the 16th century. It was partly rebuilt in the early 17th century and subsequently altered and extended in the mid-18th and mid-19th centuries, with a mid-20th century restoration. The house is a mix of timber-framed construction with rendered infill, brick replacement walling and refacing, and sandstone with sandstone dressings, all set beneath plain tiled roofs.

The building comprises a hall and intersecting cross-wing. The hall, three bays wide, is aligned east/west, with a central north porch wing and a large central sandstone chimney featuring two star-shaped ridge stacks arranged as baffle entries. The cross-wing, of two framed bays, intersects the hall at its east end and has two external chimneys, the northernmost one being sandstone with two star-shaped brick stacks. The house has two storeys and an attic with rear dormers, and a two-course band at first floor level to the rear of the cross-wing.

The north gable end of the cross-wing displays close-set studding; the first floor is jettied on shaped brackets, and remnants of a collar and tie-beam truss with two collars and struts remain (partially painted). The sides and rear of the cross-wing have been refaced and rebuilt. The north front of the hall part features a ground floor stone window with three lights, splayed mullions, and a transom, along with a 3-light 20th-century casement; two first floor windows with three lights and splayed mullions are also present. The porch wing has a 2-light mullioned window on the first floor and a round-headed archway with a projecting keyblock and impost blocks, containing a ledged and battened door. The cross-wing gable end has a ground floor 20th-century bay window and a 3-light casement with leaded lights.

Inside, the ceilings display stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops. A large back-to-back fireplace is located in the hall part, alongside a dog-leg oak staircase with moulded strings, turned balusters, large square newels with shaped finials. An 18th-century dairy wing adjoins the west elevation, with a 3-light mullioned window and two rectangular lights on its west front. A 19th-century service wing extends to the rear, along with a further wing to the south of the hall. The house is situated on a moated site, which has been filled in on the north side.