Norman House

Norman House is a house that was formerly the Norman Cross Barrack Master's House, built between 1796 and 1797 with late 19th-century alterations. It is constructed of painted brick with limestone dressings and has slated roofs. The building has three storeys and a half basement. The main entrance is reached by balustraded stone steps and features a 19th-century verandah with an 18th-century pedimented doorcase. The south elevation has five bays, with the center bay infilled; it includes recessed twelve-paned hung sash windows, which are reduced to six panes at the third storey. There are two square planned stacks on the north and south sides that break the plain parapet, which runs continuously along each elevation. Shaped flanking screen walls terminate with small urns. The Norman Cross Barracks were built to house French prisoners of war during the Napoleonic Wars and were dismantled in 1816, making the master's house the only surviving structure. It is illustrated in a drawing from around 1810.