Wilcote House And Attached Walls, Gateway And Outbuildings

Wilcote House is a country house located in North Leigh, originally built in the early 17th century and enlarged around 1700. The main construction took place in the 1860s for Charles Sartoris, with further alterations in the late 19th century. The building is made of coursed limestone rubble, featuring ashlar quoins and dressings, and has stone-coped stone slate roofs adorned with ball finials. The stone stacks are finished with diagonally-set ashlar flues.

The house has a complex plan, with the earlier part located at the rear left. It showcases a Jacobean style, with a mid-19th century two-storey front that has six windows. A gabled two-storey porch features an arched doorway with a stone-mullioned overlight. To the right is a gabled bay, while to the left is a one-storey crenellated bay. The windows are stone-mullioned and transomed in the Jacobean style. A round stair-turret with mock timber framing is located at the rear.

To the left side wall is a gabled four-window range from around 1700, which has ball finials on the coping, stone mullioned and transomed cross windows set in segmental-arched architraves, and mullioned attic windows. Behind this is a mid-17th century two-storey block featuring a 2-light leaded casement set in a pedimented Dutch gable. To the right is an early 17th century three-storey crenellated block that was remodeled in the 19th century.

At the rear left, there is an enclosing yard with 17th century outbuildings that were remodeled in the 19th century. These are connected to a gate arch and a stone-coped wall on the left side, along with an outbuilding that has a gate arch and through-entry at the front. The interior has not been inspected but is noted to contain mid to late 19th century features.