Anne Court Barham Court

Barham Court, now divided into flats, comprises a complex of buildings reflecting different periods of construction and renovation. The oldest part, Anne Court (the west wing), dates to the 17th century and is built of red brick with a tile roof and two hipped dormers. It features three casement windows with small leaded panes. The main building, Barham Court, was largely constructed in 1735 and subsequently refurbished and enlarged in 1911 by Sir Edwin Lutyens for Evelyn Stanton. It consists of two parallel ranges, also built of red brick with a tile roof. The windows are hung sashes with glazing bars. The west (back) range has four windows, four gabled dormers, and a doorway designed by Lutyens featuring a stone architrave surround with an oval stone recess above. The main range, facing east, has nine windows and four dormers. A brick string course and a wood modillion eaves cornice are prominent. The central five-window portion projects and is topped with a pediment containing a segmental-headed sash window flanked by small round windows. The central doorway, originally the front entrance, has fluted Corinthian pilasters, a curved pediment, and a half-glazed door.

In the northeast corner, a wall connects the main building to a single-storey red brick building added by Lutyens, serving as a large living room and a separate flat. This wing has five windows facing south, a stone recess at its east end, a stone eaves cornice, and a hipped tiled roof. Its east front features a recessed loggia with a pair of stone columns supporting a pediment. The north wall has a massive chimney breast and three windows. A wall, treated in a matching style, extends to the southeast of the main east front, providing balance. To the west of the northeast wing is the main entrance, also added by Lutyens. Nine curved steps lead to a recessed porch approached by a doorway in a stone surround with an empty cartouche above. Balancing the northeast wing is a similar wing, also added by Lutyens, which housed the kitchen and service quarters, featuring a massive chimney breast in the centre of its north wall and four windows. The interior contains a good 18th-century staircase.