Courtfield

ST4715 NORTON SUB HAMDON CP CHURCH LANE (East side) 9/195 Courtfield 19.4.61 GV II Detached house. Early C18 and late C19, the latter possibly by Henry Wilson whilst he was working at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin (q.v) nearby. Ham stone near-ashlar; Welsh slate roof-between coped gables; ashlar chimney stacks. Two storeys with attic and three storeys; 6 bays. Bay 1 is a C19 crosswing, 3 storeys with slightly projecting gable; below A square 4-light wide bay window with flat roof behind parapet, with 3-light plain mullioned window to first floor under hood mould, and 2-light to second floor with segmental hoodmould, all with architraves to match retaining windows: balance of house C18 origins; eaves course with sawtooth ornament; 2-light mullioned windows with headed mullions and architraved surrounds, all rectangular leaded, with some iron traded opening lights and curl stays, internal vertical iron bars: to lower bay 3 a C19 part-glazed door in plain opening, protected by open stone porch with semi-circular arch having keystone, insists, cornice etc. in Cl7 style. C19 extension to rear, including an Italian style loggia. Inside some C18 details survive, including coving mouldings to ceilings, some doors and dourcases; staircase apparently of Regency date, remaining work C19. The house occupied by the Trask family at end of C19, Charles Trask being a local historian, (Trask, C: Norton sub Hamdon, 1898).

Listing NGR: ST4704215879