The Courtledge

The Courtledge is a house, likely dating from the 17th century. It is constructed of painted rendered stone and cob, with a thatched roof. The gable ends feature stone rubble stacks with drips and tapered caps, heightened in brick; the stack on the left end has a rounded bread oven projection. A brick shaft serves a stack that backs onto the through-passage, reflecting the original three-room through-passage plan with the hall section projecting slightly forward. The house has two storeys and a four-window front. The windows are 20th century replacements, featuring diamond-leaded casements of three lights. A weathered 17th-century chamfered door surround frames the through-passage doorway, which has an old three-plank door and a thatched porch roof. A small, three-light timber mullion window is found in the projecting stair turret at the rear of the hall. A dairy outshut at the rear of the lower end was rebuilt in the 20th century. The interior was not inspected, as the house was unoccupied during the survey.