Norland House And Attached Walls And Piers

Norland House is a house dating to around 1830, likely designed by Charles Dyer, with an extension of 1878 by JH Hirst. It is constructed of limestone ashlar with ridge stacks, and the roof is not visible. The building follows a double-depth plan and is in a Neoclassical style. It has two storeys and a basement, originally presenting a symmetrical seven-window façade, extended to the left with the addition of a porch in the re-entrant angle.

The earlier block has a banded basement and a plat band. Recessed end sections feature inset Greek Doric columns flanking the ground-floor windows. The central three windows include end panels with an incised Greek Key design, fluted pilasters, an entablature with a string of metopes, and a cornice. This banding and cornice extend along the recessed left-hand block. The porch has banded, recessed quadrant corners, Greek Doric columns, a cornice, and a parapet. The doorway has curved reveals, a plate-glass overlight, and a pair of six-panel doors. The taller central ground-floor windows are topped by eared architraves and Greek Key panels; the outer first-floor windows have semicircular-arched heads and palmette panels, all with aprons. There is a tented verandah with cast-iron railings to the right-hand ground-floor window, with a matching bay originally on the left, serving as an entrance.

The interior includes an 1878 lobby with steps, marble panels, and brown glazed panels depicting playing children. Attached to the left is a banded wall leading to two pairs of banded, capped piers with incised decoration, separated by a carriage gateway with large timber gates. A flagged road leads to former stables, which are not part of the listing. The architecture shares stylistic similarities with houses by Charles Dyer on Litfield Place.