Description

ST 77 NW DODINGTON C.P. CODRINGTON

5/48 Codrington Court (formerly listed
17.9.52 as Codrington Court Farmhouse and d
G.V. Barn)

II*

Farmhouse, now house. C15 manor house, altered C16, C17, also in early C18,
early C19 and C20, when former attached barn to south east converted to form part
of living accommodation. Rubble, stone dressings, roofs of pantiles, double
Roman tiles and plain tiles with courses of stone tiles at eaves to west and
north; 2 later ashlar ridge stacks. U-plan. 1½ storeys, with 2½ storey north
wing and 2-storey south wing; east elevation has small central gable with raised
coped verges, kneelers and finial, C19 2-light casement with ovolo mullion and
hood mould, ground floor has 2-light casement with chamfered mullion and 3-light
casement as in gable, blocked window to right. North wing has Perpendicular
style windows in gable end (c.1800), 3-light window with trefoil heads, pointed
arch, hood mould and relieving arch at ground floor, single light above with
hollow-chamfered surround, pointed arch and hood mould, glazing bars; south
elevation of wing has 2-bay loggia with Tudor arches on ground floor and 2-light
casement, two 2-light casements under eaves. South wing has C20 door and first
floor window to north, C20 door and window and upper loading door to east. North
elevation has 2 windows, 2-light and 3-light casement at ground floor, two 2-light
casements at first floor, 2 small gables rising nearly to ridge height each with
single light, all windows with ovolo mullions and hood mould. West elevation has
gable end of north wing with 2-light window at ground and first floor as at north;
main ½ storey elevation has varied windows and 3 small C19 dormer gables each
with 2-light casement; projecting gable end of C16 south wing to right has 2
stone lintels remaining from former windows, blocked door and C20 window to each
side. South elevation has blocked late mediaeval door to right with moulded
4-centred arch, C20 window inserted, large external stack, wall stepped back twice
to former barn, with C20 door and window, prominent long and short quoins.
Interior: the C15 open-roofed hall of the west range, floored in C16 and now
remodelled, large 4-centred arched fireplace, 5-bay roof, ceiled. Ground floor
central room has 3-bay ceiling with very heavy beams, chamfered and stopped to
north, fireplace with cambered head and chamfered surround. North wing has
suspended lower ceiling in part, of 2 bays with heavy moulded beams and strapwork
plasterwork, windows in very deep splayed reveals and walls about one metre thick;
first floor room to west has coved and moulded plaster Elizabethan ceiling with
fleur-de-lys, Tudor rose and lions, brattished wall-plate to east, remains of
spiral stair in central chimney wall of north wing.

Listing NGR: ST7277778536

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17556856

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