Badge Court

Badge Court, once known as Badgecott, is about four miles west of Bromsgrove.  Now a farm, all that remains of the moat is a pond but the house still reflects it's former glory as an impressive half timbered manor house.  The original timbers, in good condition, are exposed at the back and on the east side but otherwise are covered over. The entrance hall contains fine oak panelling and the arms of the Wyntours a falcon surrounded by a coronet; in Hibbleton and Huddington churches the crest is represented by a hawk alighting on a battlement or tower (NB It is a popular misconception that the word 'crest' describes a whole coat of arms or any heraldic device. It does not. A crest is a specific part of a full achievement of arms: the three-dimensional object placed on top of the helm)  Elsewhere in the house there can be found enamelled fireplace tiles bearing the arms of the Wyntours and other families with whom they were connected.

Badge Court formed part of the Cooksey estate - in the Doomsday Survey of Worcestershire referred to as Cochesei. In 1480 Hugh Cooksey died and his great estates were divided between the next of kin, the Russells of Strencham and the Wyntours of Huddington, the latter inheriting the Upton Warren estates.  The estates continued in the Wyntour family until 1605 when they were confiscated because of the family's part in the Gunpowder Plot