Court Barton

Court Barton is a farmhouse dating back to the 17th century, with significant alterations in the late 19th century. It is constructed of thin bedded slate-stone rubble with slate roofs to clay tile ridges, and brick stacks. Originally, it was built with a 3-room cross-passage plan, featuring a 2-storey gabled porch with an external stair turret. In the late 19th century, the section to the left of the porch was rebuilt, a range was added parallel to the main block at the back, and a wing was added at right angles to the back right.

The front elevation has, to the left of the porch, a 2-light casement window over French doors, both with brick segmental arches. A wavy bargeboard is visible. The porch has a 2-light casement window above a plain string course, over an arched opening with a small hollow mould along the edge; to the right are two 3-light casement windows and a French door, formerly a casement. The first floor has three 3-light casement windows with glazing bars. The right return, built into the slopes of the churchyard, is plain and features a large stone stack raised in brick; the corner is corbelled out. The back wing joins at ridge level to show a half gable. The left end return is plain to a gable with wavy bargeboard and a small brick stack. A ridge stack is located to the right of the cross-passage. At the back, the curved wall of the stair turret has a small, deep-set 2-light casement. The wing that extends to the back right has a 16-pane sash window over a 3-light casement set into a wooden lintel, a 2-light, and a plank door. To the right of this is a 3-light casement window with glazing bars over a 2-light window with horizontal bars.

Inside, the cross-passage retains a stone floor, now blocked at the back. The inner door to the porch features a basket-handle arch, with a plank and fillet design and nail-head detailing. The parlour to the right has three boxed beams. In the cross corridor, there is a cupboard recess with fluted pilasters and Greek key embellishment. A heavy transverse beam is also in the kitchen. The early stair is a large spiral timber stair, with a peaked-head doorway at the top leading into the corridor. A straight stair with heavy newels, running parallel to the back wall, was added during the Victorian alterations. Roof trusses in the original section are pegged, with cambered ties, and are unusually close-spaced. An early photograph of the house shows the building before the Victorian transformation, when a tripartite sash window was located to the left of the porch. Court Barton is situated in an important position on the approach to the Church of St Andrew.