The Court House

The house consists of a three storey rectangular block with porch and an additional two storey wing to the right and another to the rear, plus some single storey extensions at the rear. It is built of rubble limestone as can be seen inside, painted, and with slate roofs. The main block is symetrically designed with five bays and a central porch. The porch is gabled and has chamfered jambs and then a hollow chamfered segmental arch which does not fit the jambs, but this may mean no more than they were not made for each other. Above the arch is a decorated plaque inscribed 'ER : I : FOD : YN : ING : MAEN : DDA : YN : WNG : 1635'. The lettering is convincing for the date but as to what it may signify (see History above). It has been given several translations. The one preferred by Bradney is 'It being small, it is pleasant to be close together' which, sensibly, could not relate to the present house. Within the porch is a late C17 door of four vertical planks with strap hinges and a moulded architrave. On either side of the porch are two timber mullion and transom casements with 4 over 8 panes in each light, these are C20 replacements and have segmental brick heads. There are five more of these on the upper floor and one in a central gable for the attic. Steeply pitched roof without verges but with end stacks. To the right is a lower two storey wing, at one time the kitchen, which may have been added to, or be older than, the main house. It has a modern 6-panel door with a tripartite sash to the right, 4 over 4 panes flank a wider 4 over 4. Above are two 2-light casements with eight panes to each light. Roof of lower pitch with end stack to right. The gable elevation of the main block has two garret windows at each end. The rear stack has a 2-light casement above a 3-light only. Otherwise there is a projecting two storey wing and a modern single storey extension across the rest of the rear.

The main range is centrally planned with a straight flight stair in the hall. This has a closed string and turned balusters of a c1700 type. The rooms on either side have plain beams and reconstructed fireplaces with ceiling beams reused as lintels, one has a C19 bread oven. The late C17 type A-frame roof structure has been considerably altered. The surviving interiors give little hint as to the origins of the building.