Court Farmhouse

Court Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating to the late 16th or early 17th century, with later alterations. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with stone dressings, partly rendered, and has a pantiled roof with coped verges and a large ridge stack with six diagonal chimneys, along with a gable stack to the right. Originally designed with a T-plan, it includes a rear stair turret. The farmhouse has two storeys and three windows on the front. The ground floor has two four-light casement windows which feature reserved-chamfered mullions, a king mullion, a hood mould, and a high relieving arch. The first floor has two three-light casement windows similar to those below, but without the relieving arch, and a single light window with a hood mould to the right. A 20th-century door is positioned to the right, with a chamfered surround and relieving arch. A cross wing to the right has a large 19th-century two-light casement at ground floor, and a smaller two-light casement at first floor. A straight joint marks an addition to the right, which has a ground-floor two-light casement. The wall has coping. The left return has a ground-floor replacement two-light casement as on the front, and a two-light casement at first floor, with an attic window above. The right return has a small single light at the first floor of the cross wing, and the upper gable end of the main house has been rendered. The rear of the farmhouse is two storeys high, with a projecting three-storey, narrow gabled stair turret containing a small single light at ground floor, a larger single light with a hood mould and relieving arch on the first floor, and a similar window without a relieving arch on the second floor. The left return of the turret has a similar single light on both ground and first floors, while the right return has a door with a heavy timber lintel. To the right of the turret, a ground-floor four-light and a first-floor three-light casement are present, replicating those on the front. To the left, there is a relieving arch from a former window, with a nine-pane fixed light inserted. A small single light with iron stanchions and a timber lintel is adjacent. A first-floor two-light casement with a hood mould and timber lintel completes the rear elevation. An attached block to the left has a gablet to the roof and a ground-floor two-light casement with an ovolo mullion and dripstone. A two-light wooden casement with leaded lights and a timber lintel is located at first floor. A small, single-storey lean-to is situated to the left, with a 20th-century window. Behind the front, a coped wall screens single-storey additions with 20th-century doors and windows on each side. The interior was not inspected.