Court Cottage

Court Cottage is a farmhouse that dates back to the 16th century, with alterations made in the 17th century and the mid-20th century. It is constructed from whitewashed random rubble and features a thatched roof, with a stone stack at the right gable end and a large external stack to the left of the entrance. The building originally had three cells and a cross passage but has been altered to two cells, with a stair turret at the rear, an outshut, and a 20th-century addition.

The cottage is one and a half storeys tall, with a gabled bay to the left of the external stack that slightly projects forward. It has three 2-light wooden casements with gabled tops, and on the ground floor, there are two 3-light windows to the left of the stack and one to the right. There is a small opening in the chimney breast that is now blocked. The entrance, located to the right of the stack, features a wooden lintel and a depressed arch doorway with a ribbed door and decorative hinges.

On the rear elevation, there is a 2-light steep chamfered mullioned casement that illuminates the stairs. Inside, the cross passage includes a restored 17th-century plank and muntin screen, and there is a depressed arch rear door that now serves as the entrance to a bathroom addition, with another entrance in the outshut. The original kitchen is to the right, with stairs located to the right of the fireplace. The interior features chamfered beams with double stops, and to the left of the cross passage, an open hall has been formed from two ground floor rooms, with the upper floor removed to expose jointed cruck construction. There is an inserted galley and solid wooden stairs to the rear, which includes a blocked moulded stairlight and three pairs of jointed cruck trusses.

The cottage was the home of Elizabeth Conibeer and her daughters, whose violent death in 1773 is noted on a tombstone in the churchyard of the Church of All Saints in Monksilver.