The Normans And Barn Adjoining

The Normans and the adjoining barn are a house and barn located on Normans Lane in Bilbrough, dating from the late 18th century but with earlier origins. The building is constructed of reddish-brown brick with ashlar dressings, topped with a Welsh slate roof that features pantiles and stone slates at the rear.

The house has a central staircase plan and is built onto a single-bay structure that likely dates back to the 17th century. There is a single-storey outshut on the right gable, and a late 18th-century range at the rear connects to an early to mid-17th-century barn that has a through cart entrance leading to a courtyard. An additional 18th-century barn is attached to the right.

The house itself is two storeys high with four bays. The entrance is located in the second bay and features a six-panel double door beneath a radial fanlight doorcase, which is supported by fluted pilasters with rosettes in the friezes, a dentil cornice, and an open pediment. The windows are renewed sashes with glazing bars, set into ashlar cills and wedge lintels. The windows in the right bay are positioned lower, and the roofline has been heightened. The end and ridge stacks are adorned with dentilled bands.

Inside, the ground floor rooms feature shutters and beams with plain stops. There is an 18th-century open well staircase with turned balusters, along with some moulded cornices.