5, Court Street

No. 5 Court Street is a house in a row, possibly originally part of No. 7, dating from around the early 17th century, with alterations from the early 19th century and reroofing in the 20th century. The building is constructed of pebbledash stone rubble and features an asbestos slate roof with gabled ends that abut adjoining buildings; the roof was previously thatched. A large dressed granite chimneystack with a moulded cap and thatch weatherings is located at the left-hand gable end. The house has a one-room plan with a left gable end stack and a winder stair beside the stack.

In the early 19th century, the room was partitioned and extended at the rear to create a small service room and a lobby for the front entrance, and a shop window was added to the front. It is likely that this house was originally part of a larger residence that included No. 7 to the right. The building has two storeys and a two-window range. The first floor features two early 19th-century 12-pane sash windows. The ground floor has an early 19th-century six-panel door to the left and a large 20th-century window that replaced a 19th-century shop window, which in turn replaced a smaller original window opening.

On the rear elevation, there is a small square stair window with an ovolo moulded wooden frame on the right side. To the left at the rear, there is an early 19th-century two-leanto extension with a rendered stack. Inside, there are two ovolo moulded ceiling cross beams, one of which is located inside the later entrance lobby and shows bar stops. The front end of the other beam has been cut off due to the insertion of the shop window. The fireplace is blocked, and there is an early 19th-century panelled cupboard door to the left and timber winder stairs to the right. Much of the early 19th-century interior joinery, including panelled and plank doors, remains intact. The roof space is not accessible. This house is part of one of the most complete rows of early houses that have survived in Moretonhampstead.