Cwrt Llangattock

Cwrt Llangattock is a house dating from the William and Mary period, notable for its particularly fine, symmetrical five-bay front with a hipped roof and swept eaves. The main house is two storeys and has an attic, with a rear wing. It is stuccoed externally and has a stone tile roof, with three tall masonry stacks set into the rear pitch. Wide boarded eaves feature dentilled moulding. The front elevation features a wide central doorway sheltered by a shell-hood porch, approached by sweeping stone steps. A six-panelled door with a multi-pane overlight is flanked by pairs of tall, hornless twelve-pane sashes. Five similar window openings are visible on the first floor, each under a flat wooden lintel with dentils. These windows are also hornless twelve-pane sashes, except for the two on the right-hand side, which have been replaced by casements; these likely originally contained cross-frame windows. Three hipped roof dormers with four-pane windows light the attic space.

The south end of the house has two window bays, with twelve-pane sashes on the first floor and cross windows on the ground floor, all with flat lintels. A flat-roofed dormer is present in the attic. The rear of the house is partially set into the hillside. A blocked opening within a timber frame at first floor level is visible on the rear wall to the right of the wing, possibly indicating a former doorway. The rear wing has a prominent external gable masonry stack. The south side of the wing contains nineteenth-century French doors with margin glazing and a twelve-pane hornless sash window above. A small projection situated in the southeast angle between the main range and wing is likely to have housed a staircase. To the left of the wing, a gablet with twentieth-century windows stands, with a low, two-storey wing – probably nineteenth-century – partially abutting against it, and having a slate roof. A four-pane sash window is set into the gable end of this wing. Another twelve-pane sash is positioned between this wing and the main rear wing. At the far left end of the rear elevation, a low lean-to with a stone-tiled roof is present. A twentieth-century single-storey lean-to is attached to the north end, incorporating a twelve-pane hornless sash window above and featuring a flat-roofed dormer to the attic.

Attached at right angles to the main house is a separate building currently used as a kitchen. It is unclear whether this building represents an earlier farmhouse or a service wing. Constructed of rubble and with a tiled roof and two masonry end stacks, the kitchen is two storeys high with an attic space - the roof having been raised. Predominantly nineteenth-century casement windows are irregularly spaced. A planked door, with a flat timber lintel, is located on the north side, slightly to the left of centre, while a twentieth-century door is situated on the south side. Disturbances in the east gable end suggest possible former openings. A single-storey link connects the buildings, featuring a raised coping to the gable and a round-headed sash window with radial glazing.

The interior could not be accessed during the inspection in August 1997. Reports indicate a large hall once occupied more than half of the ground floor, later being divided into smaller rooms. Other features are said to include massive beams, a decorated ceiling, and a drawing room panelled in chestnut. The house has wood-panelled shutters.