Court Farmhouse

Court Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, with alterations and additions made in the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries. The building features a combination of timber framing with brick and rendered infill, as well as brick and rubble walling, and part of it is constructed from rubble. The roofs are covered with plain tiles. The farmhouse has an H-plan layout, with a central hall consisting of two framed bays aligned north to south, featuring a large central rubble chimney and a brick ridge stack. There is a cross-wing at the north gable end, which also has two framed bays, a rubble chimney, and a brick stack located at the rear gable end and north side. A large 19th-century rubble cross-wing, consisting of three bays, has been added to the south gable end, complete with an east gable end chimney and a brick stack.

The building is two storeys high, partly with an attic. The framing includes two rows of panels at the first floor level on the sides and rear of the cross-wing, along with a collar and tie-beam truss featuring two struts at the rear gable end. The framing is also exposed at the front of the rear hall, although it has been altered and is mainly irregular. Most windows are 20th-century casements.

On the east front elevation, the hall has a four-light window on the first floor, while the ground floor is obscured by two adjoining lean-to additions. The left addition has a three-light window, and the right has a two-light 19th-century window, which extends to form a lean-to porch above the main entrance that features a 20th-century glazed door. The cross-wing gable end to the right has a ground floor three-light window with a cambered head and a first floor two-light window. The left cross-wing gable end includes a 20th-century door to the right of the chimney and an attic light. Its south elevation has two ground and first floor three-light windows in the outer bays and a central first floor two-light window, all of which have cambered heads and moulded stone keyblocks.

Inside, the roof of the hall appears to have been raised, while the internal framing remains largely intact. There is a large fireplace with a 19th-century range in the cross-wing, and the hall is floored with flagstones.