Bratton Court

Bratton Court is a manor house, now divided into two farmhouses. It dates back to the 14th century as an open hall house, with a solar hall added in the 15th century. The house was ceiled and enlarged during the 17th century, and underwent extensive alterations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The house is constructed of rubble, rendered and covered with slate roofs with coped verges. A large lateral stack is located to the left of the entrance, and a stone stack is visible in the second bay to the right. The building follows a "T" plan, with the original open hall house ceiled to create three rooms and a cross passage running north-south. The solar wing sits at a right angle to the east, extended westward.

The main block is two stories high and has 19th-century three-light casement windows. A gabled projection with a single window adjoins the block to the left of the stack, and two window bays are positioned to the right of the entrance. The front door features six panels and is set within a rustic wooden porch.

To the left of the main block is the solar wing, its gable end partially hidden by a linhay on the north front. The fenestration is irregular, with a first-floor window on the left featuring two lights with a trefoil head and pierced spandrels containing foliage. Some of the mullions have been restored. A 19th-century window with a cusped head sits to the right, along with a similar two-light window. A mullioned and transomed trefoil headed window is visible at the end of that bay.

The rear elevation includes a lateral stack with a slate-roofed bread oven projection and a two-light window with ovolo moulding. Two stone stacks rise from the eaves.

Inside the main block, there have been extensive alterations. Remains of an aisle post are visible in the wall to the right of the entrance, originally serving as a jamb for a chamfered door frame. An unusual octagonal aisle post with a splayed plinth, impost and four curved braces is located at the south end of the building. The roof space is said to contain seven pairs of arch-braced collar beam trusses that are smoke blackened.

The solar wing has a featureless ground floor, while the first floor contains three pairs of jointed cruck trusses, one of which is fully arch braced with cusped wind braces. A chamfered pointed arch opening is present in the east gable end, and an unidentified opening is visible to the left. A chamfered lintel leads to a fireplace. The wing was formerly known as a chapel, but is in fact the solar.