Old Court

Old Court is a house, likely dating to the late 18th or early 19th century, with significant remodelling and extensions in the mid-19th century and a further extension in the late 20th century. It is constructed of roughcast stone or cob with a scantle slate roof, with bitumen coating on the rear slope and asbestos slates over the 20th-century extension. The axial stacks are rendered and have brick shafts topped with octagonal yellow clay pots.

The original plan was probably a two-room cottage facing south with a central entrance and gable-end heating. An outshut was added shortly after. In the mid-19th century, the house was extended to the right (east) with a single-room block, lengthening the original cottage and creating a south garden front. This extension incorporated Gothic-style windows and a two-room cross-wing on the right end, complete with a central entrance on the new east front. The outshut in the rear angle is also dated to the mid-19th century. A further single-room addition was built in the late 20th century at the west (left) end of the original cottage, continuing the garden front.

The south garden front presents as a long, asymmetrical seven-window range; the right-hand window is within the projecting gable of the cross-wing, featuring shaped bargeboards, while the left-hand bay is the 20th-century addition. The windows are mostly 19th-century casements with Tudor-headed lights and glazing bars. Ground-floor garden double doors also incorporate Tudor-headed lights and glazing bars. A first-floor window to the left (central to the original cottage) is blind. The cross-wing’s right-hand return serves as the entrance front, displaying a symmetrical three-window range of 19th-century sashes with margin panes. A 20th-century conservatory surrounds the central doorway, which has a glazed and panelled door with a rectangular overlight. The 20th-century extension at the left-hand end of the garden front replicates the Gothic-style fenestration. Outshuts are located at the rear. The outshut behind the original cottage features a central gabled half-dormer with a 19th-century round-headed sash and radiating glazing bars, along with a small lateral stack to its right, having slate weathering to the set-offs and a brick shaft. The interior was not inspected, but may retain 19th-century joinery.