Michelmersh Court

Michelmersh Court is a rectory that has been converted into a private house. It dates from the late 18th century and has been altered and extended in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of brick with decorative blue headers and has slate roofs. It is two stories tall with an attic above a cellar and was originally designed with a five by five bay layout.

The entrance front has been modified, featuring 20th-century double doors that are off-centre to the right, set beneath a wide pedimented Doric porch. Above the entrance, there is a 19th-century tall round-headed sash window with 17 panes, which is framed by a blue header arch. To the right of the central bay, there is an early 19th-century sash window with 20 panes, along with two 12-pane segmental head sashes above it. The right bay has a 20th-century single-storey addition that matches the original style. Between the left bays, there is a projecting side stack capped at the cornice, and the building features a painted brick modillioned cornice and a parapet with a panel above each bay. The roof is hipped with stacks at the ends of the ridge.

On the left garden side, there are three Portland stone steps leading up to a 19th-century glazed door within a heavy doorcase, topped by a shell hood on moulded console brackets. This side has nine 12-pane sash windows beneath rubbed brick arches, and a blue header band on the first floor. The cornice and parapet are consistent with the entrance front, and the roof is also hipped, with stacks behind on the return ridges, one of which has blank arches. There are two flat-roofed dormers with six panes each, situated low down. Inside, the roofs on the garden side are adorned with stripped softwood panelling from around 1800, complemented by contemporary carved timber or reeded painted stone fire surrounds. The staircase, located behind the entrance door, dates from the 19th century.