The property photograph above shows the current owner, Tom Sheldon, describing Court House to visitors on a History Society Guided Tour of Fairseat in 2023.

Court House is located at the end of a long driveway accessed near the centre of Fairseat on the north side of Vigo Road when travelling towards Stansted.

Known as ‘The Cottage’ or ‘Fairseat Cottage’ for most of its life, the house was built by Horace Grant in the 1830s at the same time as Fairseat House was built. Horace Grant lived there until his death in 1859, while his cousin Hannah was owner/headmistress of the girls’ school run at Fairseat House. The house passed through many hands, including Major Drummond, who died there in 1916. A barn in the garden was converted into a residence, ‘Woolpack Barn ‘, in 2019/20, and in 2021/22 a self-contained dwelling called The Courtyard was formed from part of Court House.

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