Court Farm House

Court Farm House is a detached farmhouse dating to the later 17th century. It is constructed of ham stone rubble, with ashlar dressings, although the first floor features stretcher bond brickwork which likely protects underlying cob. The roof is double-Roman clay tiled, with high coped gables, suggesting it was formerly thatched. Single brick and one stone chimney stack are present. The south elevation is two storeys high, with a three-bay design at a right angle to the road. The ground floor features ovolo-mould mullioned windows of four lights, with labels, and the first floor has three-light casement windows of an early pattern, all with rectangular-leaded glazing. A boarded door with a glazed panel, set in a heavy frame and sheltered by a stone slab hood on shaped stone brackets, is located in the lower bay to the right. A 20th-century mullioned window and several casements are in the east gable. To the rear is an outshut which appears to be original to the structure. The interior includes timber-framed partitions between the front section and the outshut, displaying carpenters’ numbers. Evidence of the original north-east gable stair remains at attic level. The roof structure comprises collar-beam trusses with mortise and tenon apexes and shaped collar ends, and trenched purlins; the rear wall has an irregular plan. Formerly known as Court House in the 19th century, the building may represent the medieval court house of the manor, albeit restyled.