Court House is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 September 1982. Court house.

Court House

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Country
Wales
Date first listed
10 September 1982
Type
Court house
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Rubblestone walls with roughcast cladding with smooth quoins, dressings and first floor band; smooth render on gable ends and rear elevation; Welsh slate gable roof with stone end stack to left. Two storeys and attic. Five bay front elevation with C20 2-light wood casements with 8 + 8 small panes in openings with rusticated architraves and shaped voussoirs; the second first floor window from the left is painted. Central rusticated door opening with semi-circular wooden hood on brackets. Central pediment/gable with circular window with 3 x 3 panes. Garret window in right gable. External stack to left gable. Rear elevation shows the earlier origin of the house. Gabled wing to left with small windows and gable stack. Projecting gabled kitchen wing in centre. Main elevation otherwise blind. Two rooflights.

North-east ground floor room with lateral stone fireplace of c1500 with massive stone slab surround and chamfered jambs; stairs to north-east of fireplace from ground floor to attic with small staircase lights. This room also has ovolo moulded beams on north-east/south-west axis. South-west ground floor room with three stopped and chamfered beams on north-west/south-east axis. This room also has shutters and dado panelling, and a C19 firesurround. Rear ground floor room to north of entrance hall with square joists only. Stopped and chamfered beams to first floor. The first floor was divided into four bedrooms in the C18 whereas previously it had two good sized chambers. Principal rafter roof trusses with two tiers of continuous purlins. These are cut for the central gable as an early C18 alteration (see History). These developments are shown in plan in RCAHMW.

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