Description

ST42NW PITNEY CP CHURCH HILL (East side.)
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- The Old Court

Detached house. At least C16 in origin. Local lias stone cut and squared, but possibly as a lacing to cob; thatched
roof with half-hip to east, plain gable to west; one stone and one brick chimney stall. Two storeys, 4 hays, of which
the east bay is a later, possibly 1939 addition. C20 small-pane windows; mostly 2-light, bit 3-light upper bays 1 and 3
and in these same bays paired 2-light windows below; to lower bay 2 boarded door in heavy frame under timber lintol;
open timber and thatched porch to east gable, lean-to against west gable. Interior not seen, but reported is a
cross-passage plan and several beams indicating original layout; jointed cruck truss roof. (VAG Reports, SRO
Unpublished, 1972). VCH, Vol III, 1974, suggests this may be on the site of Pitney Lorty Manor, known in C15 as
Courteplace,

Listing NGR: ST4458528493

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26629687

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