Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
11363
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
08/06/1990
Date of Amendment
03/03/1998
Name of Property
Corntown Court
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Ewenny
Town
Ewenny
Locality
Corntown
Easting
292000
Northing
177410
Street Side
N
Location
Near the E edge of the village, set well back from the road, with gated entry to right.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
C17 or C18 origins, then T shaped, remodelled in mid C19 to form double pile and with some further later alterations. Said to have once been a dowager house to St Donats. At time of tithe apportionment 1842 owned by Lady Harriet Clive (1797 - 1869) who in 1855 gained additional name of Baroness Windsor by Royal Licence .
Exterior
Of limewashed rubble, rendered to side and rear; Welsh slate roof, boarded eaves and end stacks, rendered to left, dressed stone to right. Two storey 5 bay frontage, the centre bay with gabled porch breaks forward; further set back bay left; double pile plan. First floor has 2/2 pane horned sash windows with timber lintels and 4/4 pane horned sashes with cambered heads below; elliptical arched entrance to porch with dressed stone voussoirs, stone seats, panelled door. Twin gabled left (W) frontage; 4/4 pane sashes to first floor of rear wing; at NE corner very broad dressed stone stack at end of kitchen range.
Interior
Interior refurbished and replanned.
Reason for designation
Listed notwithstanding subtantial alterations for its important street frontage within the village.
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