Court House is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1975. House. 10 related planning applications.

Court House

WRENN ID
sacred-string-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torbay
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1975
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

This is a late 16th-century house, originally a farmhouse, that has been partly converted into holiday flats. It has been extended and altered in the 20th century. The house is constructed of stone rubble with plastered cob walls and an artificial thatched roof, with gables at each end and stacks with rendered shafts. The overall layout is an L-shape. The main range has a doorway which may have originally led into a cross passage. A cross wing projects to the front and contains a fine parlour on the ground floor, with a stack on the inner return and an adjoining winder stair. There is also a small closet in the rear right corner.

The front of the main range has a 2:2 window arrangement, with the two leftmost windows being a 1950s addition. The front door to the right has a thatched porch. Two ground-floor windows have early 19th-century sixteen-pane sashes, and the first-floor windows are 20th-century timber casements. The wing to the right has two windows in the gable end wall, and a stack on the inner return.

Inside, the parlour features a richly-moulded intersecting beamed ceiling. The fireplace has been reduced in size, and a blocked newel stair alongside has a timber arched doorway. The closet has a small timber-framed window. The first floor retains a similar doorway at the top of the stairs, and an axial beam with scroll stops. The roof apex was not inspected, but there is no evidence of cruck trusses on the first floor.

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