Whitson Court including attached pavilions and garden walls

Whitson Court, a three-storey house with a vaulted basement, was built in the 18th century. It is constructed of brick with bathstone dressings, a dentil cornice, and a parapet, topped with a slate roof and brick chimneys. The west front features five windows, with horned sash windows including marginal glazing bars. The second-floor windows are square, separated by a stone band course between the first and ground floors. Ground-floor windows are set in shallow arched recesses, with a bandcourse defining the arches’ springing point. A central Italianate porch, built in matching materials, features paired Doric pilasters, an entablature with enriched decoration to the parapet, and a round-arched doorway with a keystone. The south elevation has three windows, with the outer windows being blind. A nine-pane sash window sits on the second floor and a twelve-pane sash on the first floor, with steps leading to a modern doorway. The rear of the house displays an asymmetrical arrangement of four windows on the second floor and five on the first. Ground-floor features include steps to a central doorway with a wrought-iron porch, a square bay window (dating to the early 20th century) to the left, and a tripartite sash window to the right.

The main block of the house is linked to north and south service pavilions via brick court walls, aligned east-west. The south pavilion, originally stables, has brick construction on grey stone foundations, a hipped slate roof, brick chimneys, shallow arched recesses with blind windows at each end, and a central archway through to the courtyard. A round window is situated above the archway. The south side exhibits a later blind arcade with added glazing. The north pavilion is similar in design but is partially ruinous at the rear. Low rear walls, constructed of brick with stone gatepiers and iron railings, extend to the east of the house.

The house's vaulted basement was found to be flooded during inspection. The interior retains substantial historic character, including virtually all original plaster cornices and friezes, contemporary classicising fireplaces in most principal rooms and some bedrooms, and most of the original doors. A hall leads to an apsidal stair-hall, lit from above, featuring a Geometrical Stair with stick banisters. A camber-headed doorway is located beneath the stairs. Arches provide access to lobbies and corridors, which contain rooms including a small kitchen and store-room, as well as the principal rooms. A drawing room is located in the southwest corner, where a wall separating it from the hall has been removed. The dining room is in the northwest corner, and the morning room in the northeast corner, its fireplace incorporating copies of bas-reliefs depicting classical scenes. A former kitchen is also situated in the northeast corner. A 19th-century Jacobethan rear stairwell features stick balusters, a cornice, a fluted frieze, and modern glazing above the stairs.