Dean Court

Dean Court is a farmhouse, divided into two tenements, dating from the late 16th century. It is constructed of stone rubble with granite quoins, mostly covered in roughcast except for the front porch. The roof is made of bitumenised slate with gabled ends. Originally, the building had an E-shaped plan, but the east wing has been demolished. The farmhouse has two storeys and features a two-storeyed gabled porch to the right of the centre. This porch has a moulded granite four-centred arch doorway with carved spandrels and a label, a relieving arch above, and a small blocked panel above that. Only the stops of the first-floor corridor label remain. The side windows of the porch are moulded two-light granite mullioned windows with small convex diamond-shaped squits below. To the left is a gabled wing, and between the wings are late 19th-century four-light hall windows with 20th-century metal frame casements above. There are three large rendered chimney stacks on the rear wall, along with later additions at the back.

Inside, the hall features a slightly raised dais. The screen has moulded panelling, fluted giant pilasters, and an entablature with rosettes on the frieze. There is an elliptical tympanum over the two doors with radiating fluting. The hall ceiling has been renewed, and the fireplace has granite jambs and a renewed granite lintel. Moulded plaster arches are located at the higher end of the hall, with moulded panels on either side. The front door to the screens passage is enormous, nail-studded, and moulded, complete with a heavily moulded wooden doorframe and lock. The back doorway of the screens passage also features a heavily moulded doorframe. There is a Victorian staircase in the screens passage across the screen, along with two moulded wooden doorframes on the landing. A small stone fireplace over the porch has an ogee arch, and there are some 18th-century panelled doors and panelled window shutters. Dean Court is said to have been built by John Giles, the father of Sir Edward Giles (1566-1637), whose monument is located in St George's Church, Dean Prior. It is likely that much of the building work was carried out by Sir Edward Giles.