Corse Court is a Grade II* listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1954. A C14 Farmhouse/house. 6 related planning applications.

Corse Court

WRENN ID
late-cellar-jet
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Forest of Dean
Country
England
Date first listed
2 October 1954
Type
Farmhouse/house
Source
Historic England listing

Description

This is a former farmhouse, now a house, with a complex history spanning from the 14th century to the 20th century. The building exhibits a mixture of timber-framing, rendered infill, stone plinth, English bond brickwork, and brickwork, with a tiled roof. The layout is an "L" shape, comprising a 4-bay hall section and a 5-bay cross wing.

The facade facing the church features a projecting gable to the cross wing on the right. The ground floor of the hall section has two-panel-high timber framing, with a 2-light casement window in the centre and a blocked area indicating a former oriel window, situated below a jetty supported by chamfered joists with curved braces. The first floor also has two-panel-high timber framing, featuring long braces towards the centre, a 4-pane sash window cutting through the tie beam, and two collars above, along with a moulded coat of arms. The eaves were raised in the 1920s. A left return displays framing with a curved head to a blocked door.

The hall range is timber-framed and includes a blocked window and mortices suggesting a former oriel or face-fixed frame. A 2-light casement window sits within a gabled dormer, adorned with scalloped bargeboards. A section of brickwork replaces the original framing to the left, and further brickwork incorporates a wide stud with two parallel slits, possibly originally serving as a window. Another brick section features a boarded door leading up five stone steps beneath a cambered brick arch, accessing a cross passage.

Later brick extensions are visible on the left, with a timber-framed gable on the left return. A late brick chimney rises from the right return, with another brick chimney below the ridge, to the right of the cross passage door, and a third on the ridge to the left. The present entrance is located on the right return.

The interior features a great hall to the right of the main wing, with an ogee-headed door leading to the cross wing. This hall contains two panels with tall curved solid braces and pegs for a bench seat. An inserted ceiling divides the space into four sections, revealing wide chamfered beams and joists. A wide fireplace backs onto the cross passage. The cross wing showcases a wide hollow chamfer and exposed chamfered joists lodged onto an L-section beam.

The first floor of the hall wing reveals a closed cruck truss at the right end, open to the left, with chamfered arch braces and a cambered collar, with crucks foiling above the collar; the original kingpost has been removed. There are one pair of flat purlins with curved braces, lapped and pegged to the truss. Behind the chimney, blackened rafters are visible, some with pegs for a possible louvre. A further full cruck truss is present, along with an end cruck for a half hip roof. A truss is also located in the cross wing. The building incorporates a three-bay cruck structure, extended in the 19th century. The cross wing was rebuilt in the late 16th century, with subsequent extensions in the 18th and 19th centuries, including a cider cellar and granary.

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