Hartley Court

Hartley Court is a country house dating from the early 16th century, with extensions added in the late 18th century and alterations in the 20th century. It is constructed of timber framing with painted brick infill, painted brick, stucco, and some vertical clay tiling, with old tile roofs of varying heights, some gabled and others hipped. The plan is irregular. The house has two storeys and a cellar, with a partial third storey and attics to some sections. There are three groups of clustered shaft chimneys, with offset heads, including one 19th-century chimney and one large 16th-century chimney with a bread oven on the north wall.

The entrance front has a painted string course at first-floor level and a moulded eaves cornice to the hipped roof. It features three bays of sash windows with glazing bars and segmental heads; the outer bays are tripartite. Two 20th-century square bays are present on the ground floor with similar windows and square heads; a central, enclosed 20th-century entrance porch containing a door is situated between them. The garden front has a similar appearance with five bays of sash windows with glazing bars in alternating bays of single and tripartite windows on the first floor. On the ground floor are similar tripartite windows alternating with a glazed garden door and a single sash window. A sundial is set into the wall above the string course to the right of centre. A small, gabled, tile-roofed extension is located on the left.

The rear of the house is irregular, combining various wall materials and showing exposed timber framing; a small, single-storey, 20th-century extension is also present. Internally, a staircase has stick balusters and a wreathed handrail. The study contains a fine 16th-century wooden overmantle and fire surround intricately carved with floral motifs, along with late 18th-century Delph tiles on the fire surround cheeks. Original 16th-century panelling is also present in the same room. Two large roof trusses are exposed, with arch braces to the collar remaining.