The Court House

The Court House is a former court house, now a farmhouse. Its origins lie in a late 14th-century core, with significant rebuilding of the north wing in the 17th century. A south wing extension was added in 1720, bearing the initials “W.A.” and the date. The east wall windows were restored in the 19th century.

The building is constructed of rubble-stone walls with dressed stone quoins, and has a slate roof with stone slates to the eaves and stone gable copings. There are 19th-century brick stacks, two on the main ridge and one on the north gable end.

The plan consists of a main range, with north and south cross-wings. The east elevation features a central section with two storeys and three windows, along with two door positions. The central ground-floor windows have two coupled lancet windows, each with a quatrefoil in the head, set under pointed arches with returned labels. The first floor has three 20th-century three-light wood casements with glazing bars and wood cills. The doorways at the left and right ends have straight-chamfered jambs and pointed-segmental heads, with labels over, and contain 19th-century plank doors.

The south cross-wing’s east gable end has two loop lights to a basement stage, a 17th-century two-light stone mullion window with a label, and above this a coupled lancet window with a quatrefoil. This is possibly a former solar end. The south cross-wing was extended to the west in the 18th century. Rubble-stone steps lead to the west gable end, where there is a plank and studded door. A heavy plank door with wood framing is on the side wall. The north cross-wing, shorter than the south wing, has a plank door at the rear, accessible via four stone steps. The north wall of this wing has a projecting rubble-built bay with a pentice stone slate roof.

The central block has heavy chamfered ceiling beams. Interior access was not obtained.