East Court And Adjoining Wall

This is a large house, dating from the 17th century, with alterations from the early 18th century and further work in 1870 by Mr. John Walter. The house combines painted brick and painted tile-hanging, likely covering timber framing, with tile roofs that are part gabled, half-hipped, and hipped. The building has an irregular plan and two storeys with attics, featuring a large chimney stack to the northwest which incorporates some 17th-century brickwork.

The northeast elevation, which serves as the entrance front, features a large chimney stack with battered sides on the left and a flanking chimney on the right. To the left of this is a 17th-century brick wall forming a dog-leg at a right angle, adjoining the house and extending approximately 36 metres in length and 2 metres in height. The main section has two bays to the right, with gabled dormers above two sash windows with glazing bars on the first floor. A half-glazed door is set within a wooden Doric pedimented porch, roughly centred below the first-floor window. To the right of the main section is a lower, two-storey wing with a gabled bay to the right, featuring sash windows with glazing bars.

The interior includes a hall with 18th-century panelling and an 18th-century staircase with turned barley-sugar balusters and moulded handrails. The house was formerly known as Cowdries, a name referenced in a Court Roll dating to 1607.