Nork House

Nork House is a substantial detached house built in 1888 and situated on a prominent location to the east of the parish church. Constructed of red brick with blue-black brick, terracotta, and some Portland stone detailing, it has steeply pitched gabled-end slate roofs with crested ridge tiles. The house follows a T-shaped plan and is two storeys high.

The front of the house, facing the church, features a left-hand gabled-end wing of one bay, and a main range of two bays with paired 2-pane sash windows on the first floor in each bay. The right-hand bay of the main range mirrors the left with its own gable. Terracotta detailing adorns the upper parts of both gable walls. The gables have a fascia and finials. A canted bay is on the right-hand side, and the main entrance has terracotta pilasters, a segmental pediment also filled with terracotta, and a semi-circular doorway with a keystone. The door itself is glazed and panelled with a semi-circular fanlight. The paired windows on the wing have shaped aprons, while all other windows have stone sills and are set within brick arches. Blue-black brick courses are visible at sill and lintel levels. The dominant brick stacks, one to the wing and two to the right-hand side elevation, feature deeply recessed panels and pediments at eaves level on the end stacks. The rear elevation has canted bays, a main door with a stone lintel, and much terracotta detailing.

The interior is noted for its intact condition and high quality of craftsmanship. The hall has all-over floor tiling, and the main rooms have mitred floorboards. All doors have elaborate eared architraves and broken segmental pediments, with Oregon pine and mahogany paneling. Patterned glass is present in internal partitions and the large stairwell window, which features floral and foliage designs in its central panels. The staircase has turned balusters and a panelled string. The dining room has a massive Jacobean-style cast-iron chimneypiece, while the other main reception room features a Carrera marble chimneypiece and an embossed wallpaper frieze.

The house is listed primarily for the quality of its interior features, but its exterior is also finely detailed.