Norman Court House

Norman Court House is a medium-sized country house dating to circa 1752, with later additions and alterations. The original central block is flanked by service wings, and c.1818 wings were added to each end. A garden front and a new entrance were stuccoed, and the interior was remodelled, likely by H Harrison, possibly an assistant of G Dance, who had prepared drawings for the property. Late 19th/early 20th century towers were built to the north side, linking the house to mid-18th century low, two-storey, nine-bay service wings.

The brick house has blue headers, stone dressings, and is partly stuccoed, with lead and slate roofs. The entrance front is of three storeys (four for the towers), with nine bays. A central, mid-18th century, full-height, half-hexagonal bay projects, with a 20th century porch in front, featuring rusticated blue quoins and a Doric doorcase. Early 20th century additions with parapets and light wells are located in front of the two bays either side of the projecting bay. Windows are mostly 12-pane sashes, with some earlier 9-pane sashes in the towers. The building features a modillioned second-floor string, a moulded cornice, and a parapet pierced by balustrades above each window, although the towers have modillioned eaves and a finial to their hipped roofs. Blank end bays lead to a two-storey continuation of the service wing. The northern service wing features a projecting three-bay section with a tall, rusticated arch containing blue headers. A pediment over the arch has a toothed architrave and a keyed oculus. Ground-floor windows are 12-pane sashes or six-panel doors with fanlights, recessed in arches with blue imposts. Rusticated quoins and a raised first-floor band are present. The first floor has 9-pane sashes except in the central nine bays. A stone coping to the parapet completes the structure. The roof is hipped.

The garden front has, at its centre, a mid-18th century five-bay, two-storey and attic block with projecting 19th century two-bay wings, also two storeys and attic. The stuccoed Ionic pilasters are a 19th-century application. Stone steps lead to French windows in each bay and at the centre of the wings, with nine 12-pane sashes on the first floor, set higher in the wings. A modillioned cornice runs along the top of the first floor. The attic has nine-pane sashes in the centre, a parapet raised above the centre three bays, and long panels in the end bays. Large stacks are at each end of the original block. An 19th century orangery sits to one end, while the other end was re-styled with Greek revival stuccowork in the early 19th century.

Internally, the house contains an early 20th century hall behind the entrance. The garden front features a 19th/early 20th century billiards room, two small drawing rooms, a large 18th century drawing room, and a library with 17th/18th century Gibbons-style carvings.