Court House

The Court House is a Grade I listed manor house located in East Quantoxhead. It features a medieval tower, a wall in the southeast corner, and a west range, with the front block dating from 1614 and 1624, and an addition at the rear from 1659. The building is constructed of blue lias random rubble with a slate roof behind a parapet that has a moulded cornice and stone stacks.

The layout is arranged around a courtyard, with a hall accessed from a two-storey porch that includes a screens passage. To the south is a parlour, while a drawing room wing is located to the northeast. A stairwell is positioned behind the kitchen on the north front, with the tower and service area to the west. The house is two storeys tall and features five bays, with a recessed unlit bay on the left, a two-storey porch, and a projecting wing on the right. The stone windows are ovolo moulded, with mullions and transoms, and most are four-light, except for a three-light window in the porch that has coats of arms in a recessed panel below.

The entrance includes a moulded, arched outer bay to the left and to the porch, with a segmental-headed inner door featuring moulded jambs and stops, and a 17th-century studded door. The left return, or south front, overlooks the Church of St Mary. The remains of the medieval building include a crenellated east end with merlons that are pierced with quatrefoil decoration and shields, continuing as a wooden parapet, with evidence of refenestration below. The medieval four-storey crenellated tower is located at the rear.

Inside, there is a notable collection of seven plasterwork lower mantels, mostly depicting biblical scenes, some featuring supporters and strapwork decoration, with one dated 1614 and another from 1629. The interior also includes plasterwork friezes, several moulded four-centred arch doorways, 17th-century doors, and a Jacobean dog-leg stair with pyramidal turned balusters.