Town Barton

Town Barton is a house dating from the late 16th to early 17th century, which was refurbished in the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed from snecked volcanic stone, with volcanic stacks topped by 19th-century brick and a slate roof. Originally, it was a two-room house with a central through passage, facing east, and both rooms had lateral stacks projecting to the rear. There was a former stair turret that projected forward from the left (south) end of the house. In the 19th century, the layout was changed to a central staircase plan.

The house is two storeys high and features a three-window front with a gabled stair turret on the right. To the left of the centre, there is a 19th-century six-panel door with a rebuilt doorcase, and a blocked original doorway nearby to the right. At the right end, there is a 19th-century 20-pane sash window, while to the left is a late 16th to early 17th-century oak four-light window with ovolo-moulded mullions, vertical iron bars, iron casements, and leaded glass. The first floor has three similar late 16th to early 17th-century three-light windows. Above these windows, 19th-century stonework raises the wall to support a low-pitch slate roof. The plastered timber-framed stair turret appears to have been rebuilt in the 19th century. The roof is gable-ended to the right (facing the road) and hipped to the left.

The rear elevation shows 19th-century alterations, including some 12-pane sash windows and a 19th-century round-headed stair window. However, at the right end, there is a late 16th to early 17th-century oak three-light window with chamfered mullions that contains green-coloured early leaded glass. The interior largely reflects the 19th-century refurbishment, with most original features concealed, although there is one late 16th to early 17th-century oak truss in the roof space. The house faces into a courtyard, with late 16th to early 17th-century service rooms surrounding the east and south sides, now known as Barton Court.