Norton Conyers House

Norton Conyers House is a house that likely dates back to medieval times, with a 16th-century extension and alterations from the early 17th and 18th centuries. It is constructed of brick with roughcast and has a Westmorland slate roof. The house has a square plan formed by two ranges and is two storeys high with four bays.

The central entrance features double doors adorned with pulvinated bands and decorative panels. The entrance is flanked by pulvinated rusticated piers, each supporting a pair of raised Corinthian columns. Above this, there is a pedimented entablature with swags on the frieze, a dentilled cornice, and a broken triangular pediment that displays a heraldic shield. The windows are arranged irregularly, including a three-light, three-tiered mullion and transom hall window in the second bay, large canted-bay windows with 32-pane sashes in the first and fourth bays, and various other sashes in bays one, three, and four. The eaves feature a moulded cornice, and there are four ogee-curved gables, each with a small bulls-eye window, three of which are false. The house has ball finials on the kneelers and a cluster of chimneys on the right, with an external stack on the left and additional chimneys on the rear range.

Inside, the hall boasts a high coved ceiling with an acorn dentilled cornice and a 17th-century fireplace with a carved overmantle. To the left of the hall is a parlour that features an 18th-century fireplace, plasterwork, shutters, and panelling. Behind the parlour is a library with a mid-18th-century corner fireplace and overmantle, along with pulvinated, reeded door-frames that include rosettes. The dining room to the right of the hall has doors with moulded architraves and consoles that support a moulded cornice, along with 18th-century plasterwork and window shutters. A wide staircase behind the hall features three straight flights with double balusters of 16th-century character, many of which have been restored or replaced, and ball finials on the newel posts.

Much of the 17th-century work on the house corresponds with its acquisition by Sir Richard Graham, who was made Baronet in 1630. The plasterwork in the parlour and dining room was completed by William Belwood between 1781 and 1783, who also worked at Harewood House and Newby Hall.