Norton Farmhouse

SJ 50 NE WROXETER C.P. NORTON CROSS ROADS

6/149 Norton Farmhouse -

GV II

Farmhouse. Mid- to late C17 with probably late C18, mid- to late C19, and C20 additions. Timber framed with painted brick nogging, and red brick additions; plain tile roofs, catslide over partial outshut to north. Irregular U-plan. 2 storeys and gable-lit attic. Dentil brick eaves cornice; integral brick end stack to right, brick ridge stack off-centre to left and integral lateral brick stack to left. Framing: square panels, 4 from sole-plate to wall-plate. 3-window front; first-floor C19 three-light wooden casements; ground-floor C19 two- and 3-light wooden casements with depressed-arched heads, that to left with C20 French casements; boarded door between first and second windows from right, and C20 hipped-roofed brick porch with half-glazed door and side-lights. Salop Fire Insurance plate (No. 190) between first and second first-floor windows from right. One-storey service block set back to right with segmental-headed 3-light wooden casement and segmental-headed boarded door with hipped-roofed porch in angle to left. C20 lean-to to right. Timber framed wing at rear has collar and tie-beam truss with queen struts and V-struts exposed in gable end. Interior not inspected but likely to be of interest. National Trust, Attingham Park Estate Vernacular Building Survey.

Listing NGR: SJ5666909503