Hanham Court

Hanham Court is a manor house of possible mediaeval origins, traditionally believed to have been given to Keynsham Abbey around 1330. The building primarily dates to the 16th and 17th centuries, with alterations in the 18th century and the addition of a 19th-century kitchen wing. Constructed from pennant stone rubble, it is roofed with slate. The main block is square, with a wing extending eastwards towards the church tower.

The house has two storeys, a basement, and attic space within gabled ends. A three-storey wing is attached, and a five-storey octagonal turret with a cupola sits at the angle between the main block and the wing. The east-facing entrance elevation features two gables with moulded copings and pierced finials (one is missing). It has paired windows; three- and four-light stone mullioned and transomed casements on the upper floors, and a two-light casement in the attic gables. A weathered string course runs at first-floor level, and dripmoulds are present on other windows. Rainwater heads dated 1773 are positioned to the left. A large, gabled 19th-century porch with a Tudor arch doorway and 'Tudor-Gothick' decoration is on the right. The turret has a modillion eaves cornice and mid-19th-century gargoyles at each corner.

The left return elevation features a gable with a finial, a three-light casement in the gable face, and three 18th-century sash windows with glazing bars within architraves on the first floor. A later bay on the ground floor has a four-light mullioned and transomed window. A garderobe projection in the south-east corner has a two-light window. The rear of the main block has three gables and irregular casement windows, with two- and three-light windows in the attics and three- and four-light mullioned and transomed windows below. A late Victorian or early 20th-century wing, with a design incorporating Doric arches and three hipped gables (the central one recessed), extends forward at ground and basement levels. Two projecting chimney breasts are visible, one with tall diagonal shafts and the other with three tall square shafts.

The east wing features a modillion cornice and parapet, along with 18th-century fenestration—five windows with later sash windows in architraves and moulded cornices above. A double four-centred archway at ground-floor level leads to the entrance gates, and a square-headed architrave door opening is to the right. A central window on the second floor is flanked by arched niches. A bowling green terrace is located to the south. The north front of the later wing has a four-centred doorway with a relieving arch and 17th-century panelled doors. Above is a range of tripartite windows, with a Venetian window above that (the sides blank), and a Venetian variation on the second floor (with blank arched sides and a flat-headed centre light). A modillion cornice and ramped parapet top the wing, and a projecting lateral chimney is to the right of the entrance, with a 19th-century oriel window alongside.

Internally, the dining room features 16th-century oak panelling, a moulded depressed arch stone fireplace, and an oak screen. A room to the west of the archway has a later 18th-century fireplace with narrow, fluted Corinthian columns.