Yokes Court

Yokes Court is a house dating from the early 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th century and restoration completed in 1984 following a fire in the 1930s. The building is constructed of red brick with occasional grey headers in English bond and features a plain tile roof. It stands two storeys high, with attics and a cellar, all on a brick-coped plinth with a plat band. The roof is hipped, and there is a projecting stack at the left end, along with a large brick ridge stack with six rectangular flues, positioned off-centre to the right on a coped brick plinth. A 20th-century hipped dormer is located at the rear.

The house has irregular fenestration, with brick mullioned and transomed windows, including four from the 19th and early 20th centuries and one from the 17th century, which has two tiers of two lights and is rendered. On the ground floor, to the right of the porch, there is a five-light mullioned and transomed window with hollow-chamfered mullions. The small gabled brick porch, which sits on a low plinth, features chamfered circular side-lights and is positioned towards the left end. A small wooden bell-frame is located at the left end of the ridge.

The right side elevation has a very short two-storey projection with a hipped roof, extending at right angles towards the rear, with its rear wall continuing the rear elevation. There is also a short rear return wing to the left, which is integral and has large projecting brick stacks on either side. Inside, several 17th-century window catches are present. The roof features aligned butt side purlins in short bays with collars, although only part of it remains. The ground and first-floor fireplaces in the left stack of the left wing are nearly complete, with painted plasterwork in the fireplaces showing a black pattern on a white ground. The ground floor displays a repeating circular pattern on the splayed sides and a chequered pattern on the back, leaving a narrow central gap for the fire. The first floor features a repeating triangular pattern on the splayed sides and a floral design winding up the back, again with a gap.