Description

BRINSOP CP -
SO 44 NW
4/2 Brinsop Court
20.2.53
GV I

House. C14, C16 and C17, extended in 1913. Sandstone ashlar, sandstone
rubble with sandstone dressings. Timber-frame with plaster and rough-
cast infill. Brick stacks. Tiled roofs with some sandstone slates.
Quadrangular plan with entrance front to north and early C20 range to
east. Two storeys with attics. North elevation is sandstone ashlar
apart from C18 brick gable above entry. Seven windows. First floor has
to left of gable a 3-light mullioned window flanked by two pairs of trefoil-
headed lights. To the right of the gable is a pair of lancets, a chamfered
round-headed window and another pair of trefoiled headed lights. Gable has
four early C20 six-pane casements under a segmental head. Ground floor has
a pair of trefoiled lights and a square headed light to left of entry. To
the right of entry is a 2-light window with trefoil-heads to each light and
a sunken blind quatrefoil in the tracery. Further to the right is a round
headed window with early C20 casement and a pair of lancets. Doorway in
gable has brick segmental head and two-leaved ledged early C20 oak doors
with enriched strap hinges. Early C20 additions to left run into contemporary
east range which has six windows, 2- and 4-light early C20 casements to both
floors and ledged door to left-hand side. West elevation has to right,
restored timber-framing finished in roughcast. Stone gable to left. Massive
external stack with four diagonal brick shafts. Interior (limited access)
has fine great hall in south range with three-bay C14 roof comprising cambered
tie-beams supporting foiled king-posts and principals, all richly moulded.
Fireplace has moulded jambs. Window seats beneath moulded trefoil-headed
inner arches. Room in west range has ceiling divided into six panels by
deeply chamfered beams and moulded fireplace. (BoE, p 87-8; RCHM, Vol II,
p 29 - 31).

Listing NGR: SO4460345792

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Brinsop Court at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17530366

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