Court Barton Farmhouse

Farmhouse dating to circa 1612 with a later 17th-century wing added to the rear. The building was restored in 1899. It is constructed of stone rubble with granite dressings, has a rendered south-west gable end, and a slate roof with gabled ends. Three stone rubble stacks with moulded granite caps are present.

The original range is planned with two rooms and an axial stack serving former service rooms at the lower end on the right. A through-passage near the centre has a two-storey gabled porch at the front. A gable end stack serves the former hall at the higher end to the left of the through-passage, and a rear lateral stack also serves this former hall. Two rear wings form a U-shaped plan: a short wing at the rear of the former kitchen and service rooms contains a staircase and extends further under a gable end; the later 17th-century wing to the rear of the former hall contains a later kitchen interior remodelled in the late 19th century, with a gabled two-storey porch on its outer east side.

The building is two storeys with a regular three-window range to the front. The central gabled two-storey porch has a four-centred arch with roll mould. The rectangular surround features hood moulds, drips, and carved trefoils in the spandrels. The inner door has a wide two-centred arch with roll mould and a rectangular frame with cavetto moulded jambs. Fenestration on the left of the porch is positioned higher than on the right.

The ground floor window on the left-hand side is a partly restored six-light mullioned window with chamfered King mullions dividing diamond leaded lights into pairs. Other mullions have cavetto mouldings, hood moulds, and drips. To the right of the porch is a ground floor six-light mullioned window with chamfered King mullions, hood mould, drips, and diamond leaded lights. Above on the left, a partly restored four-light mullioned window with a central chamfered King mullion and diamond leads has hood and drips. To the right of the porch is a wide two-light mullioned window with central King mullion, diamond leads, hood and drips. The porch itself has a first-floor two-light mullioned window with chamfered jambs and diamond leads, hoods and drips, and a narrow one-light window on the right-hand side.

The east rear wing has a north-east elevation with a two-storey porch supported by two large round granite columns with round capitals and bases and a square plinth. This porch features a double two-light mullioned window with two-light mullions on the sides and a three-centred chamfered arch below the porch with a two-light mullioned window to the left and above. To the right of the porch are two-light mullion windows on ground and first floors, and three-light mullion windows to the left on ground and first floors.

The south-west elevations of the west wing have scattered fenestration with four two-light mullion windows, including a restored 19th-century window on the ground floor. The south-east gable ends of both wings have a blocked entrance in the left-hand wing and a large projecting stepped stack on the right-hand wing. The courtyard is enclosed by a rubble wall linking the two rear wings, featuring a reused three-centred chamfered arch. The rear of the main range has an elliptical arch to the rear of the cross passage with a two-light mullion window and a three-light mullion window above. A short rear projecting wing under a gable roof on the south has a chamfered corner and two-light mullion windows on ground and first floors.

A cellar to the south-east has lower eaves and a three-centred chamfered arched opening on the right, with three square windows with granite surrounds that have been renewed. The rear wall of the kitchen wing is partly rebuilt with a slight projection to the base of the stack and features a three-centred chamfered arch on the ground floor with scattered fenestration comprising three two-light mullion windows.

The interior contains a through passage and porch floor with a pebbled surface. A step up leads to the room on the left, probably originally the hall, which has a large granite fireplace on the south-east wall with a granite shallow elliptical arch, granite lintel with moulded triangle above, and cavetto moulded jambs. To the right of the through passage are two wide doorways with moulded timber frames, and a wide framed staircase to the rear.

The 17th-century parlour on the first floor was partly restored in 1899. It features a fireplace with a restored four-centred granite arch flanked by elaborate carved oak herms supporting a decoratively carved overmantle with lunettes, three round arches with carved pilasters, and decorated spandrels featuring elaborate heraldic shields within the arches. Seventeenth-century oak panelling continues around the room, divided by Ionic pilasters and surmounted by elaborately carved panels with rectangular surrounds enclosing decorated round arches on carved pilasters. A frieze continuing around the room features a floral trail with heraldic shields of the Grylls family. Panels flanking the two mullion windows have herms and elaborate carving. A six-panel door carries heraldic arms and the date 'C S 1879'. A later timber band appears at cornice level and the ceiling is plain. Upper rooms and roof space were not inspected.

The building was originally the seat of the Grylls family, and monuments to this family are located in Lanreath Church.