The Court is a Grade II* listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1959. House, gatehouse. 9 related planning applications.
The Court
- WRENN ID
- empty-shingle-claret
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1959
- Type
- House, gatehouse
- Address
- The Court, Snowshill Road, Broadway, WR12 7JS
- OS grid reference
- SP 096 363
- Coordinates
- 52.02556, -1.86029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Court is a gatehouse, later converted into a house, dating to circa 1600. It was restored and extended in 1898 by Guy Dawber. The building is constructed of limestone rubble with a stone slate roof. It is two storeys high. Windows are rebated and chamfered with mullions.
The original section facing the road has two windows of two lights on the ground floor, and a similar window towards the left on the first floor, partly within a gable. To the right is a five-light window with a transom, also within a gable. A wide entrance, originally arched with a moulded segmental arch within a square label and moulded imposts, is now blocked. Carved beneath the label are three crests: a reindeer, a sheldrake and a mailed fist. Above the arch is a carved coat of arms of Sheldon crossed with Rudding. The blocked arch contains a smaller doorway with leaded glazing within a grid of timber mullions and transoms. Gable ends are coped, and the chimney to the right has paired shafts.
The south facade features a recessed two-bay centre between two gabled wings, each of one bay; the right-hand wing is part of the original gatehouse. A chamfered doorway is located in the right-hand bay of the centre.
The earlier part of the house was originally the gatehouse and entrance to the stables of Broadway Court, which stood in the field opposite and was demolished in 1773.
Local climate
The Court receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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