28, Court Barton

28 Court Barton is a former grammar school, now a dwelling, built around 1586 with alterations made around 1840 and again in 1980. The building is constructed of Ham Hill stone ashlar and features a double-pitch slate roof. Originally designed as a single-unit plan, it was expanded to a double unit around 1840. The structure is single-storey with an attic and has a four-window range on the front, while the rear has two storeys.

On the left side of the facade, there are three large four-light windows with ovolo-moulded stone mullions and transoms, featuring 19th-century cast-iron lights with small panes. To the right of the facade, above the entrance door, is a two-light mullioned window with similar lights. The entrance door leads into a lobby shared with No. 29 and is topped with a Tudor arch that has foliate spandrels. A semicircular stone sundial dated 1586 is mounted on a bracket.

Inside, the schoolroom retains its full height, with unpainted mullions and transoms on the windows, and some glass features graffiti from the 18th and 19th centuries. A large window on the right now illuminates a staircase added in 1980, which is lit by a skylight with margin panes in the roof valley. The rear section includes six-panel doors and 8/8-pane sash windows.

Historically, in 1549, Humphrey Walrond and Henry Greenfylde purchased the land, which was then known as Charity Land, and conveyed it to a group of Trustees. The schoolhouse was built around 1584, with possible early alterations. Between 1822 and 1855, the Rev. John Allen significantly enhanced the school's reputation, preparing boys for Eton. In 1873, the removal of 'religious disabilities' meant that a clergyman was no longer required as headmaster, leading to the establishment of a new school, The Greenfylde School, on church lands to the south. By 1878, the old building had become a grammar school for girls, and a plaque commemorating this is part of the wall in front of the building.