St. Fagans Court (also known as The Court)

St. Fagans Court, also known as The Court, is a house dating from the early 20th century, built in the Arts and Crafts style with Jacobethan influences, particularly visible at the entrance. The exterior is characterised by pebbledash render with freestone facing to the porch, a tiled roof with swept eaves, and ribbed red brick chimneys. A stone bandcourse and plinth run around the main part of the building. The north (entrance) front is asymmetrical, stepped outwards and upwards from left to right. It begins with a plain, one-and-a-half-storey, three-gabled wing, progresses through a three-bay central block featuring a projecting two-storey porch, and ends with a two-window projecting gable on the right-hand cross wing, distinguished by its broad ground floor bow. Small-pane glazing is predominantly in two and three-light mullion and transom windows; four-light windows are found at the porch, and the stairwell has two transoms. Gabled dormers are situated in the centre. The pilastered porch has a ball finial, deep kneelers, and strapwork detailing around an armorial crest bearing the motto ‘Vivant Dum Virent’. A four-centred arch doorway is adorned with foliated spandrels. A modern extension is located immediately to the left. Similar detailing is present on the sides and the three-bay gabled rear elevation, including splayed bays to the left (rear elevation not seen at resurvey).

The interior, unavailable for inspection during a later resurvey, was described in a 1992 inspection report. The lobby features good Tudor plasterwork with national emblems. The inner hall has a triple-arched screen in a heavily enriched Jacobean style, with faceted keyblocked arches and strapwork spandrels, carried on similarly styled newels of the well staircase, which has turned balusters and a panelled dado. The stairs are lit by a bronze-framed window with Art Nouveau butterfly latches. To the south is a wainscotted dining room with a chimney-piece matching the hall screen, and an unusually ribbed ceiling with fleur-de-lys patterns. Grand brass door furnishings are also present. A lounge to the west features a further Jacobean-style chimney-piece, leading to a drawing room with classical-style plaster overmantels at either end. The Tudor-style Oak Room, located at the front and now partitioned, possesses linenfold-panelled doors, eclectically carved ceiling beams, and a four-centred arch into the bow. The first floor retains a good marble bathroom and some original chimney-pieces.