Court Hall
COURT HALL
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1214368
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jun-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Court Hall
- Statutory Address:
- COURT HALL
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1214368
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jun-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Court Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- COURT HALL
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- COURT HALL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- North Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- North Molton
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 73788 29977
Details
NORTH MOLTON SS 7229-7329 18/172 Court Hall 9.6.52 GV II House, much reduced. Probably mid C18, mostly demolished in the mid to late C20. Late C20 additions. Uncoursed stone rubble with some red brick dressings. Hipped scantle-slate roofs. Rendered C20 additions with Welsh-slate roofs. Brick stacks. Plan: L-plan. Former service wing to larger house. Rear wing with external lateral stack and integral brick end stack. The main block of the house was attached to the south and demolished probably in the 1960s. Later C20 addition to south and lean-to porch to west. Two storeys. Exterior: Centre block has first floor late C19 wooden cross window to left with brick reveals and segmental head, and small inserted late C20 casement to right with wooden lintel. Late C20 hipped-roofed porch has reused Tudor-arched doorway with carved spandrels and ribbed boarded door. Slightly projecting block to left with reused carved coat of arms to first floor (probably removed from Higher Lodge (not included on this list) in the late C20) and 2 ground-floor C20 wooden casements. One-storey C19 range to left with integral brick end stack. C20 addition to right, with 2 windows to first floor and 3 to ground floor. Rear of C18 part of 2 bays, with segmental-headed boxed glazing bar sashes (late C19 or C20 replacements). Interior: Very fine reused wooden chimneypiece in ground-floor room of rear wing, dated 1639. It was taken from Poltimore House near Exeter and installed in Court House (q.v.), probably in the early C20, and moved to Court Hall in the mid to late C20. Overmantel with well-carved free-standing equestian statue of King Charles I, flanking round arches with free standing figures, much armorial carving and carved frieze. Fireplace reduced in size probably in the early C18, with carved scrollwork in lugged architrave. Court Hall was one of the seats of the Poltimore family. The house stands in a landscaped park on the edge of North Molton. Despite the partial demolition and substantial alterations Court Hall has an exceptionally fine early C17 chimney-piece (albeit introduced).
Listing NGR: SS7378429980
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 399111
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 09-Jun-2026 at 22:01:32.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.