Court Farmhouse

Court Farmhouse is a historic building that originally served as a court or manor house, now functioning as a farmhouse. It dates back to the 14th and 17th centuries, with alterations and extensions made to the east in the late 17th to early 18th centuries. The structure features coursed squared rubble and a stone slate roof on the eastern part, while the medieval sections to the west are made of square rubble and ashlar, topped with double Roman and pantiled roofs.

The eastern part of the farmhouse stands three storeys high and consists of three bays, showcasing 2- and 3-light casement windows with ogee moulded mullions and surrounds, all beneath dripmoulds. A central plank door is set in a raised surround with a keystone and is topped by a 20th-century hood. To the left, the medieval cross-wing includes a tower at the southwest corner and has a battered plinth. The east return wall features a single-light cusped window, while the south elevation displays a 2-light casement window with ovolo moulded mullions and surrounds, along with a plain chamfered doorway on the ground floor. The first floor has a single round-headed light and a 2-light cross window with cusped heads, all under a square dripmould.

The square tower is divided into three stages and built of ashlar on a plinth, with small chamfered lights in the upper stages and blocked 2-light casement windows in ovolo moulded mullions and surrounds on the ground floor. There is a plain chamfered doorway on the east side and a square-headed doorway on the first floor of the west side, accessed by a flight of stone steps.

Inside the medieval cross-wing, the ground floor features wide chamfered beams and a chamfered, 4-centre headed doorway leading to the living room. The first floor, known as the court room or chamber, includes a chamfered and 4-centre headed doorway to the tower, a finely carved 17th-century ashlar fireplace with fluted Ionic pilasters and a fluted frieze, along with a carved overmantel and frieze decorated with roses and heraldry on a moulded cornice. Stone seats are set in the embrasure of the cross-window.