Description

SO 3288 BISHOP'S CASTLE C.P. CHURCH STREET (west side)

12/22 No. 5 (Norton House)
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GV II

House. Cl7, underbuilt and refaced in the early C19. Timber framed,
underbuilt with limestone rubble, and stucco facing; slate roof,
in 2 ranges to right. 3 framed bays. 2 storeys. Deep eaves, integral
brick end stacks to right, and C17 lateral brick stack at rear off-
centre to left. 3-window front; 16-pane glazing bar sashes. Mid- to
late-C19 four-panelled door between first and second windows from right
with 4-part rectangular overlight, architrave, and bracketed hood.
Interior: evidence of former continuously jettied first floor.
Chamfered and stopped beams; 2 moulded and carved beams with bold
leaf decoration on underside (c.f. Blunden Hall, Brampton Road);
C17 corner fireplaces with chamfered lintels; early-C18 dog-leg
staircase with winders, closed string, turned balusters, moulded hand-
rail, columnular bottom newel post, and splat balusters to landing,
shaped to represent turned twisted balusters.

Listing NGR: SO3230288527

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26583290

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)