Court Farmhouse

Court Farmhouse is a detached house with origins dating back to the 15th century and possibly earlier. It is constructed from local stone rubble with Ham stone dressings and features a concrete tile roof with plain gables and brick chimney stacks. The building has two storeys and five bays of irregular window arrangements, with the fifth bay being a 20th-century addition.

The front elevation includes a 20th-century leaded casement window in the first bay, which is blank below; the second bay has a hollow-chamfer mullioned window with three lights below and is blank above; the third bay features a relocated 13th-century two-light window above a two-light horizontal-bar casement that was once a doorway; the fourth bay has three-light casements, and the fifth bay contains small-pane casements.

On the rear elevation, towards the south end, there is a 15th-century two-light window with trefoil-cusped ogees and a moulded square label with unidentified shield stops. Below this window is a chamfer-moulded two-light mullioned window in a chamfered recess without a label. The remaining windows are from the 20th century, and there is a single-storey lean-to added to most of this side. The south gable is rendered, and there are various straight joints and blocked openings on the elevations.

Inside, the layout has been modified from its original two-room plan, suggesting a projecting wing at the southeast corner. The south room features a square-headed fireplace with a chamfered surround and a chamfered crossbeam with run-out stops in the roof. The room above has a similar fireplace with a double wave-mould surround, and traces of a timber cornice can be seen, with another section now used as a prop alongside the fireplace below. The roof space is not accessible.

Historically, this building served as the manor house of Chaffcombe Buller, with a fire recorded in 1294. It became known as The Court House in the late 17th century and later as Court Farm.