Court Leet

WIGGINTON MAIN STREET SP3833 (North side) 11/116 Court Leet 08/12/55 (Formerly listed as The Court) - II Four cottages, now one house. Datestone GW 1830. Regular coursed ironstone rubble. C20 tile roof. 2 stone ridge stacks. Two storeys plus attic; 4-window range. 4 entrances, one at either end and 2 central. All have chamfered jambs and hood moulds with label stops. Plank doors throughout. Two 3-light stone mullioned windows with hood moulds and label stops to left and right of central doors. Four 2-light similar windows to first floor. Central gabled bay has 2-light stone mullioned window with cusped heads and hood mould and label stops. Owner states that gables formerly had ball finials. Stone copings with kneelers. Latin inscription above central doorways: 'Unless the Lord is with us we build in vain'. History: The building called The Court may originally have been the church house which was later used for court leets. The rear part dates from the C17 but the main structure was rebuilt in the C19 as 4 tenements. The mason employed was Robert Cleaver. The cottages were converted into one house in 1963. C20 interior. (V.C.H. : Oxfordshire, Vol IX, p.161).

Listing NGR: SP3908533201