Winkleigh Court

Winkleigh Court is an early 18th-century house, with additions from the 19th century, now used as a residential home. The exterior walls are plastered, and the roof is covered with asbestos slates featuring overhanging eaves. There are four original axial brick stacks, each with recessed panels, and two later brick axial stacks serving the left-hand wing. The original plan likely comprised a four-room front range with a central entrance hall. Smaller wings were originally situated behind each end of the main house; the wing on the right was heated, while the left-hand wing was unheated. The left-hand wing was extended in the 19th century. The front elevation is symmetrical, featuring a seven-window arrangement of circa early 20th-century two-pane sash windows. A central, flat-roofed porch, dating from the 19th century, shelters a part-glazed door, with original rusticated pilasters behind the porch. A 20th-century glazed door is located at the right end of the building. The wing behind the right-hand end also has a 19th-century porch. The larger wing behind the left-hand end is divided into two sections, with the rear portion being a 19th-century addition. The interior has not been inspected. Winkleigh Court historically served as the seat of the Keynes family and the location for manor court proceedings. Records indicate a park was present on the site as early as the Domesday Book.