Villa well placed in court (6)
I believe the answer is:
chalet
'villa' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'well placed in court' is the wordplay.
'well' becomes 'hale' (I've seen this before).
'placed in' indicates putting letters inside (I've seen this in other clues).
'court' becomes 'ct' (abbreviation used in road names).
'hale' placed into 'ct' is 'CHALET'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chalet that I've seen before include "Wooden villa" , "Originally an alpine cowherd's hut" , "Small hut in holiday camp" , "Small cabin" , "small house" .)