Cattle shelter at Norris Castle

Cattle shelter, early C19, for Lord Henry Seymour.

MATERIALS: constructed of coursed rubble with a slate roof.

DESCRIPTION: a rectangular single-storey building with a hipped slate roof and red ridge tiles, built into the west boundary wall of the estate. The main façade faces east, towards the park, and has a wide square-headed opening with a timber lintel, replacing two earlier round-headed arched doorways and their dividing wall. The stone voussoirs that formed the outer jambs and outer arches of the doorways remain in place. In the south elevation is a small square-headed two-light window, which no longer contains the casements or fixed panes. A four-panelled door at the south end of the west wall leads through to the adjoining property. The north elevation is now blind but contains possible traces of a blocked opening. Internally, the cattle shelter has a clasped purlin roof with struts and dragon ties.