Badgworth Court

Badgworth Court is a country house, later used as a hospital at the time of its listing, dating from the mid-18th century with substantial additions and alterations made in the early 19th century. It was built for the Ascott family.

The house is arranged in an ‘L’ shape, with the main block to the right and a kitchen and domestic wing to the left. The south elevation of the main block is constructed of coursed and squared rubble with some brick, and features a moulded stone cornice, a brick parapet, plain coping to either side of a central three-bay pediment, and brick stacks with stone caps. It has two storeys and five bays, with 12-pane sash windows set within painted moulded stone architraves. A door opening is located in the second bay, with paired three-quarter glazed doors in a similar surround. A main door is situated in the right return, leading to a projecting two-storey brick porch with a pedimented gable, double three-panelled doors and a panelled blank transomlight. A Tuscan four-column portico with a flat entablature and triglyph frieze provides access, along with a 12-pane sash window to the first floor and a window on each floor of the returns.

The north elevation of the main block is an early 19th-century parallel range, constructed of brick and some squared rubble, and topped with a hipped slate roof. It has two storeys and 3:3:3 bays, featuring 12 and 15-pane sash windows, with those on each side set within shallow semi-circular bases. A window on the ground floor of the centre bay is blocked, and the centre window has a 20th-century casement. A stair lantern rises to the roof, topped with a lead cupola, and features semi-circular headed window openings on each side with 17-light window heads and radiating glazing.

The domestic wing is in a plain style, with sash windows incorporating glazing bars.

The interior is predominantly early 19th century, although two rooms on the ground floor of the south elevation of the main block retain mid-18th century decorative strapwork ceilings. The staircase hall includes a screen of two Tuscan columns, an open-well staircase with finely turned balusters and carved treadends, moulded cornices, window shutters and elaborate stone fireplaces in the principal ground floor rooms.