Newcourt Barton

Newcourt Barton is a farmhouse that dates from the late 16th century or early 17th century, heavily remodeled in the 18th century with 19th-century additions. The building features stone rubble and possibly cob walls, which are rendered at the front. It has a slate roof that is gabled at the right end and hipped at the left. There are three brick stacks: one at each end and one axial, along with a stone ashlar rear lateral stack that has a moulded cap.

The plan of the farmhouse is not entirely clear due to restricted access, but it likely originated as three rooms with a through-passage, with the hall heated by the rear lateral stack. The current entrance, located at the center, probably dates from the 18th-century remodeling, which also included a refronting. A 19th-century one-room addition was built at the left-hand end, and a rear outshut was added.

The exterior is two storeys high and features a symmetrical five-window front with late 18th-century or early 19th-century 12-pane sashes, where the left-hand windows have rusticated plaster architraves. There is a central gabled 19th-century porch that includes a re-used or reproduction four-centred stone archway with a 19th-century panelled door behind it. The front wall has rusticated plaster quoins at either end, and the left-hand end has a slightly lower 19th-century addition. At the rear, there is a slight projection to the center adjoining the hall stack and an outshut to the left, with the extension at the other end also projecting slightly.

The interior was inaccessible at the time of the survey, but it is likely that 16th-century or 17th-century features have been concealed by the 18th-century remodeling, although good quality 18th-century plasterwork and joinery may still be evident.