Norwood And Attached Farmbuildings

The property is a farmhouse, now a dwelling, dating back to the 17th century. It has been altered over time, with refenestration, a raised roof, the addition of a parallel range to the rear in the early 19th century, and later alterations in the late 20th century. The exterior is rendered over cob, with a double-span slate roof, overhanging eaves, decorative bargeboards, and brick stacks at the gable ends. There are two pairs of stacks, one at the left gable end and one at the right of the original cross passage.

The house has a plan comprising three cells and a cross passage, which has been altered internally. A L-shaped stable block abuts the left side, and attached farmbuildings are at the rear, adjoining Steading Hay. The front facade is two stories high, with four bays. It features 12-pane sash windows on the first floor and long casements with 4 vertical lights and marginal glazing bars on the ground floor. A 20th-century window is located at the end bay on the right. The entrance is via a panelled double door with a fanlight containing glazing bars, and this is fronted by an 8 and a half bay wooden trelliswork verandah with wrought iron spandrels and cast iron decorative plaques, topped with a patterned slate roof with glazed central bays.

The left stable wing is constructed of painted brick with a slate roof. It has one and two bays, with a pointed arch dormer containing divided tracery and a similar loft opening below. Double doors and fenestration are present at the ground and first floors in the re-entrant angle.

The interior has been extensively altered. A lateral chamfered beam with scroll stop remains on the left, and a very small chamfered lintel is present over a fireplace opening on the left gable end. There is inconclusive evidence suggesting that a recess on the external wall may be the remains of a curing chamber. Two smoke-blackened collar and principal roof trusses survive in the roof space. Some painted plaster that was removed from the demolished cross passage screen has been preserved in an outbuilding.