An early
nineteenth century, splendidly proportioned courthouse, Palladian with walls of
well-dressed stone. The first floor on the front is reached by an outsize
double run staircase wrapping a circular space reaching the lower front door
and consists of plastered wooden columns. Correct Palladian Tuscan, with
louvered in-fills engaging the columns. The staircase may have been an
afterthought as it cuts into the arches of the ground floor entrance and
completely obstructs two windows flanking the main entrance. The proportions
are wonderfully simple, squares and half-squares articulated by the hips of the
roof. The upper floor is the courthouse and the lower floor is occupied by the
parish council.