Old Court

Wholly rendered and painted, probably over rubblestone, with natural slate roof. Hall-and-cross-wing plan with additional block on the west. Two and three storeys. Entrance elevation (north-east) has five windows in all, 2 + 2 + 1. To the left a 3 over 3 pane sash with, to the right, a Doric doorcase with broken pediment, 6-panel door and plain fanlight; above there are two 8 over 8 pane sashes. Plain moderately pitched roof with stack to left gable. Next is the recessed gabled cross-wing which has two 3 over 3 pane sashes on each floor and one in the gable. Finally comes the hall wing with smaller 3 over 3 pane sashes on each floor and a very large lateral stack to the right. The return to the street has a small window to the ground floor. Rear elevation shows that the chamber block may be older than c1800 since the roof pitch appears steeper on this side; lean-to conservatory below and canted oriel above. The gabled cross-wing has an additional late C20 single storey gabled wing, two plain casements on the first floor and gabled dormer in the hipped roof end. The garden elevation of the left wing has been altered with later features.

The interior of the lower floors have been very altered with no historic features seen. The upper floor has a spiral oak stair to the attic and there is at least one 2-panel door. The attics have an M-profile roof in the principal wing and single elsewhere. There are revealed principal rafter roofs in both the main range and the cross-wing. These have trenched purlins, ashlar pieces (short vertical timbers supporting the rafters) and ridge pieces but the secondary rafters have nearly all gone as re-roofing has taken place. Seen evidence is not earlier than c1700 (see History).