NORTH HOUSE TG 192 049 THE FARMHOUSE TG 192 049

The Farmhouse, now divided into two dwellings known as North House and No. 8, dates from the late 18th century and early 19th century. It is constructed of colourwashed brick and topped with black glazed pantiles, forming a T plan over two storeys. The principal range, likely built around 1829 for Richard Hanbury Gurney, features three bays with a modillion cornice and low gable parapets. The end internal stacks are made of gault brick. The first and third bays have recessed sashes with glazing bars and pins for shutters, while the ground floor openings have gauged brick flat arches and tripartite sashes.

At the centre, there is a two-storey flat-roofed canted porch. The ground floor has three unglazed open semicircular headed arches, with the central arch featuring a low wrought iron gate with plain bars, approached by three stone steps flanked by a wreathed handrail with stick balusters in wrought iron. The first floor has three continuous sashes with glazing bars, with the central sash having four panes by four panes. The entrance includes a six-panelled door with the upper four panels glazed and a rectangular light above with decorative glazing bars.

Inside, there is an open string staircase with a mahogany handrail and stick balusters. Attached to the rear is No. 8 North House, which dates from the late 18th century. Its east-facing facade has five bays with end internal stacks located between the third and fourth bays. The flush sashes have glazing bars and gauged brick cambered heads. Ground floor openings are present in bays one and three, and between bays four and five, featuring four panes by four panes, while the opening to bay two has been removed. The first floor has sashes of three panes by four panes in bays one to three and three panes by three panes in bays four and five.

A large classical 18th-century doorway is located in bay four, adorned with pilasters fluted in three tiers and an entablature decorated with foliage designs in the metopae and geometric patterns in the modillion soffits. The farm was originally known as Hall Farm of Cringleford Hall, located approximately 450 meters to the east-north-east.