Description

ST23NW SPAXTON CP SPLATT LANE (West side)

2/153 Court House Farmhouse

29.3.63

GV II*

Manor house, now farmhouse. C15/C16; C18 and C19 alterations. Random rubble, some coped verges, dressed quoins,
triple-Roman tile roof, 3 brick and an ashlar stack, 2 on projecting rubble bases with offsets. L-plan; wing to right
with first floor hall, now used for storage; three 2-light stone- mullioned windows on right of first floor, each light
with cinquefoiled head, iron saddle and stanchion bars, leaded lights; ground floor with a 3-light casement with leaded
lights and 3 small windows in massive chamfered stone surrounds, leaded lights. In this range 2 door openings, one in a
flat-pointed stone surround, studded plank door, the other blocked and much obscured by creeper, but again in a
chamfered dressed stone surround; at rear further flat-pointed arch door opening, studded plank door. Range to left of
5 bays; first floor with 4 C18 leaded iron casements, some with quadrants, and a 4-light ovolo-moulded wooden-mullioned
window with leaded lights; ground floor with 2 large C19 three-light casements with glazing bars under earlier stopped
labels, further 3-light casement. In this range 2 door openings, one in a flat-pointed surround, studded plank door;
half-glazed door. Interior much remodelled C18/C19. Range to right with cruck built roof.

Listing NGR: ST2251737084

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553497

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)