Old Court

Old Court is a building that has been completely rendered and painted, likely over rubblestone, and features a natural slate roof. It has a hall-and-cross-wing plan with an additional block on the west and stands two to three storeys tall.

The entrance elevation, facing north-east, includes five windows arranged as 2 + 2 + 1. On the left, there is a 3 over 3 pane sash window, and to the right, a Doric doorcase with a broken pediment, a 6-panel door, and a plain fanlight. Above this doorcase, there are two 8 over 8 pane sash windows. The roof is plain and moderately pitched with a stack on the left gable. Next to this is the recessed gabled cross-wing, which has two 3 over 3 pane sashes on each floor and one in the gable. The hall wing features smaller 3 over 3 pane sashes on each floor and a very large lateral stack on the right. The return to the street has a small window on the ground floor.

The rear elevation suggests that the chamber block may be older than around 1800, as the roof pitch appears steeper on this side. It includes a lean-to conservatory below and a canted oriel above. The gabled cross-wing has an additional single-storey gabled wing added in the late 20th century, with two plain casements on the first floor and a gabled dormer in the hipped roof end. The garden elevation of the left wing has been altered with later features.

Inside, the lower floors have been significantly altered, and no historic features are visible. The upper floor contains a spiral oak stair leading to the attic and at least one 2-panel door. The attics feature an M-profile roof in the principal wing and a single roof elsewhere. Both the main range and the cross-wing have revealed principal rafter roofs, which include trenched purlins, ashlar pieces (short vertical timbers supporting the rafters), and ridge pieces; however, nearly all the secondary rafters are missing due to re-roofing. The visible evidence suggests that these elements are not earlier than around 1700.