The Court

The Court is a pair of cottages, originally three, that were once a farmhouse. They date from the 17th century or earlier and were remodeled in the 19th century. The building features slatestone rubble and cob walls with a thatched roof made of wheat reed that follows the slope of the land. There are brick chimneys on the gable ends, with one located at the rear.

The structure has an L-shaped single depth plan with three rooms, a cross passage, and a one-room wing. It stands two storeys high and has an irregular five-window south front, all of which are 20th-century, featuring 12 or 16-pane, two-light casements. Most of the window openings have been altered in the 19th or 20th centuries.

On the ground floor, from the left, there is a window (formerly a door), a door (which was originally a window but has altered walling and a slight first-floor jetty that suggests it may have been an earlier door position), and projecting walling with two windows, both in 19th-century openings. The left window may have been in a stair or hall position, while the one to the right has been cut into the back of the hall fireplace, which has a lateral chimney above it. There is also a 19th-century doorway to the right, and all ground floor openings have 19th-century cambered brick arches.

The wing to the right has a central window on both the ground and first floors, which is aligned with the altered west wall. The eaves are raised, and the south gable end features an external stone chimney breast with a projection to the left, likely a 19th-century addition for a bread oven. The east side has a two-window front of the wing, which was altered in the 19th century to form a cottage with a central doorway and a 20th-century gable porch.

The ground floor right and first-floor windows have ovolo moulded wooden mullions, which may be copies of original windows. The rear of the building has an irregular four-window layout, built on bedrock, and includes two more ovolo moulded window frames. The west gable end is a 19th-century rebuild.

Inside, the lower part of the wing features 18th-century bowtell moulded beams, a pine muntin and plank screen, and 18th-century two-panel doors. The interior of the upper end has been greatly renewed. The roof structure has not been inspected.