Bishop'S Court

Bishop's Court is a farmhouse that dates from the 16th or 17th century and was remodeled and extended in the early 19th century. It features rendered walls, partly over timber framing, and some brick, topped with an old plain-tile roof and brick stacks. The building is L-shaped and has two storeys plus attics. The symmetrical front, which is rendered and dates from the early 19th century, has three windows and a central six-panel door with an ornamental overlight, flanked by 16-pane sash windows. A delicate wrought-iron verandah spans the front. The steep-pitched hipped roof extends to the right, and the end wall includes leaded casements and a five-canted bay window with wooden pilaster mullions and crenellation. There is an entrance canopy further to the rear with similar decorative features. An earlier range runs parallel to the front range and has a half-hipped gable on the left and a clustered ridge stack. The interior has not been inspected but is noted to contain remnants of an L-shaped timber-framed house, possibly from a rebuilding recorded in 1552. The site is reputed to be where the Bishop's Palace stood before it was destroyed during the Reformation.