Courtfield House

From Ashford Homes

Few homes carry with them a story as rich and layered as Courtfield House. Standing at the heart of Courtfield Gardens, this Grade II* listed residence is one of Trowbridge’s most significant historic buildings, a place where the ambitions of the Industrial Revolution, the artistry of the Arts and Crafts movement, and the life of a thriving school have each left their mark. The house was built around 1762 by John Cockes, a prominent local clothier whose enterprise was central to Trowbridge’s rise as one of England’s foremost centres of woollen cloth production. Constructed in Flemish bond brickwork, the original building followed a double-pile plan, with refined reception rooms to the front and active workshops to the rear, a design that balanced the demands of a gentleman’s residence with the practicalities of commerce. Over the following century, Courtfield House grew and evolved. By the 1770s the adjoining workshop had been erected; by 1780 the rear attics had been rebuilt to increase their capacity. In the mid-19th century, canted bay windows were introduced to the principal reception rooms, flooding them with light. Between approximately 1860 and 1887, the house underwent a more dramatic transformation: the workshops were incorporated into the domestic dwelling, the garden elevation was given a characterful Arts and Crafts treatment, and the coach house was added. A loggia connected the former workshop to the main house, and a remarkable room of light timber-framing infilled with herringbone brickwork was constructed above. The house remained in the ownership of woollen manufacturers until the mid-20th century; its story intertwined with the mills and workshops that once surrounded it. In the 1970s it became Roundstone Preparatory School, providing specialist facilities for dance and serving the local community for over four decades, before closing in 2012. Now sensitively restored and reimagined as four unique homes, Courtfield House offers a rare opportunity. To live here is to become part of a continuing story, one that stretches back more than 260 years and remains as compelling as ever.

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Location

• Address · Polebarn Road, Trowbridge
• Postcode · BA14 7EG
• Area · Trowbridge › Wiltshire › South West
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