The Court House

The Court House is a house, possibly originally two separate dwellings. The left-hand range dates from the mid to late 17th century, while the right-hand range was built in the mid to late 18th century. The house is constructed of regular coursed ironstone with irregular quoins. The roofs are thatched with gable parapets, and there are stone ridge stacks with cornices.

The left-hand range is two storeys high with four windows. The entrance, in the second bay, has a studded four-panel door with strap hinges and a hood mould. To the left of the entrance is a three-light stone mullioned window, also with a hood mould. There is a small oval window to the right of the entrance and a sundial above the door. The right-hand range is three storeys high with four windows. A late 19th or early 20th century stone porch with a coped gable, kneelers and ball finials (one now missing) has been added to the second bay's entrance. The door is ribbed and set in a moulded basket arch doorway with a square head and hood mould, leading to a six-panelled interior door. A small oval window is located to the right. The ground floor windows on the right also have hood moulds; one has glazing bars. Painted three-light leaded wood casements with painted wood lintels are found throughout both ranges. The right-hand range has a half-hipped roof. A massive stack, featuring five square shafts, is located at the junction of the two ranges.

The return side of the right-hand range has blocked one-light and two-light stone mullioned windows on the first floor. The irregular, two-storey rear range has a semi-circular bread oven projecting to the right. A three-storey range has a 19th-century single-storey addition with a slate roof.

Inside the three-storey range’s entrance hall is a ceiling beam supported by a turned wood column, a simple corner fireplace, and a late 18th century style round-arched corner niche. An adjacent panelled room features an open fireplace. A room, formerly two, in the two-storey range has a bolection-moulded corner fireplace with an 18th-century painting in the overmantel, an open fireplace, and a ceiling beam supported by a wood column. A further room has an open fireplace with a bread oven, a shaped niche, and a cupboard with H-hinges. Eight-panelled doors are present throughout. Two straight staircases with turned balusters are also a feature. A stud partition exists on the landing. A bedroom contains a good 18th-century iron grate. Late 19th or early 20th century single-storey additions are located on the left and right sides of the property.