Abbot'S Court

Abbot's Court is a house, likely dating from the early 17th century, with minor alterations in the 18th century and further changes to the interior in the mid-to-late 20th century. It is timber-framed with rendered infill panels, a stone plinth, and a tiled roof. Since 1965, the house has a four-bay front. The building is two-and-a-half storeys high and one room deep.

On the front, the ground floor framing reaches two panels high, with close studding to the right and a square panel to the left. Above this, the framing extends to three panels high, again with close studding. The right return is jettied with a bracket supporting the overhang. A two-light casement window has an iron opening light; a boarded door is situated beneath a mid-to-late 20th century timber-framed, gabled porch with a single-story extension. A further two-light casement window is present. Above these, there is a two-light casement with a 20th-century iron opening light, followed by paired late 20th-century two-light casements, and finally a two-light casement with small panes. All windows, except the last, have leaded lights. The gable on the right return is part of Abbot’s Court, while the remaining timber framing and stone wing belong to Odda's Chapel.

The ground floor has close-studded timber framing, two panels high, with a two-light casement, and a substantial post with a jowelled head to the right. The ovolo-moulded jetty beam has a slight projection. The framing extends to the eaves, with the top and bottom layers close-studded, and the middle layers featuring square panels with decorative curved corner bracing and jowelled heads to the main posts. A four-light mullion and transom window is fitted with an iron opening light. The gable has two-panel high framing below the collar, with curved, decorative timberwork; a late 20th-century two-light window is set within the studs and rail. Plain bargeboards are visible. A brick chimney rises from the return slope on the right, with a further lateral stack to the rear of the far bays.

Inside, the ground and first floors have wide chamfers to the ceiling beams. A wide stone fireplace is located at the right end of the ground floor, featuring a timber lintel and a smaller fireplace with a four-centred stone arch above. The roof structure consists of interrupted tie-beam trusses, a collar, two pairs of purlins, and no ridge piece. Wooden nests, originally used for pigeons, survive in the left half of the roof against the centre truss. Originally, the house included Odda's Chapel, forming an 'L' shape; the chapel was partly separated in 1885 and finally disentangled in 1965. The left half of the roof, formerly used as a dovecote, belongs to the house. The property forms a group with the Church of St Mary and Priory Farmhouse.