Bell Court And Attached Stable Block

Bell Court and its attached stable block are a dwelling, originally the Rectory, dating to the 17th century with significant alterations in the 19th century. The building is constructed of rubble with concrete tile roofs, featuring a double diagonal-shafted stack in ashlar, rebuilt around 1836 by Thomas Folljames, and a quadruple-shafted north stack, also in ashlar. A small bellcote is present. The layout is a Z-shape, with the main block divided into two parts, a connecting wing to the earlier Rectory to the left (a separate listed building), and the stable block to the right.

The front elevation is 1½ storeys and has a single-windowed projecting gable to the left, containing a 2-light window at the first floor and a 4-light C19 mullioned window on the ground floor. To the right is a two-window section with small, leaded casements in deep splayed reveals. A plank door is centrally placed under a C19 Tudor arch, with a C20 door on the extreme right.

The garden wing, which connects to the older Rectory (a separate listed building), is two storeys and has a 2+2-window facade. It features 2-light windows with stone mullions to the ground floor of the left-hand section, with single lights flanking an external stack to the gable on the right. The stable wing includes a wide, flat 4-centred arch in a projecting gable, flanked by a ‘Tudor’ door and a 2-light window under a segmental arch.

Inside, a 4-light ovolo-mould wood casement is present at the back of the property. The original 17th-century section was once the Rectory but became a service wing to the rebuilt Rectory of around 1836 (a separate listed building) and is now a separate dwelling.