Court Farmhouse

Court Farmhouse is a detached farmhouse dating to 1702. It is constructed of ham stone ashlar with a double Roman clay tiled roof, plain gables, and brick chimney stacks. The south elevation has five bays. It features ovolo-mould mullioned windows set within wave-mould recesses. The upper windows have individual stone labels, while the lower openings are framed by a continuous string course that steps up above each opening, rising higher over the arched doorway in the centre bay. A small oculus window is present in the lower bay 5, marking the site of a former porch. The upper window in bay 5 is blocked. There is a blind attic window and a blocked doorway in the west gable, and a rather eroded datestone in the east gable. An outshut is attached to the rear and may be part of the original building.

The interior appears largely unaltered. A dog-leg staircase with baluster frets is located opposite the front door. The house retains several six-panel doors, and one semi-circular arched door with fielded panels and an ornamental doorcase, which may be a modification from the mid-18th century. Chamfered beams are visible, featuring step and runout stops. The south-east corner, now a larder, may have originally had a separate gable entrance.

The house’s name likely derives from the “Court fields” in the area, previously farmed by Hurcott and Upton Farms, rather than signifying a court house.