Description

SOWERBY BRIDGE NORLAND TOWN ROAD
SE 0622-0722
(south side),
Norland
16/148 Norland Town House and The
Cottage
15.11.66
- II
House, part now separate cottage. C17, of several builds , with C16 core. Coursed
squared stone with timber-framed core; stone slate roof. Hall with cross-wings,
aisled to rear (north) and with wing added to front (south). 2 storeys, 4 bays.
Garden, (south) front: 3 gables, the left one 2-bay and with eaves lower on right.
Left wing: plinth. Double-chamfered mullion windows, on ground floor of 4-lights,
9-lights with king mullion, and 3 lights (now door) under continuous dripmould;
on first floor of 3 lights and 6 lights with king mullion each under a dripmould,
with arched light to right. Break in masonry between this and next bay which has:
chamfered doorway with tiestones, now window, on left of 4-light, now 2-light,
double-chamfered window under roundel-stopped hoodmould with similar 2-light window
above under heart-and-lozenge-stopped hoodmould. Right wing, breaking forward,
has 3-light chamfered window with similar 2 + 3 light window above (mullions
removed). c1980 lean-to porch to ground floor right. Rainwater spouts between
gables; kneelers; moulded coping; finial bases. Rebuilt stack to right of bay 3,
2 others to right end of ridge of hall behind, one rebuilt the other truncated;
one to ridge of right wing, and one to left of ridge of bays 1/2, the latter
corniced and with diamond-set flues. Rear: left wing: a 3-light chamfered window;
inserted window above. Hall: moulded basket-arched doorway with ogee-moulding to
lintel; small 2-light chamfered fire window; 9-light double-chamfered mullion and
transom window with king mullions; roof comes down low over aisle. Right wing:
inserted window and stop-chamfered door on right. Left return: a 3 + 3 light
single-chamfered window to left; a 4-light now 2-light double-chamfered mullion
window above; a chamfered arched light to first floor right with a rainwater spout
to its right. Right return: a 4-light double-chamfered mullion window to ground
floor left and surround of another to right. Interior: hall: large C17 moulded
segmental-arched fireplace; arcade posts with curved braces to plate; on left (west)
original closing truss has mid rail with close studding above and curved braces;
collar rafter roof with two queen strut trusses, the central truss having tie-beam
with moulded soffit. Left (west) wing reported to have panelling to front (south)
ground floor room, chamfered cross-beams and central truss with heavily-jowled posts,
cambered tie-beam with morticed soffit for former partition and king post (RCHM).
H P Kendall, Ancient Halls of Norland', Halifax Antiquarian Society, Vol 2, 1904,
pp p93-111.
RCHM(E) report (31469).

Listing NGR: SE0699022931

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26600203

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version