Church Row

A row of three cottages, located on Great Street in Norton sub Hamdon, dating to the 17th and 19th centuries. Numbers 1 and 2 may originally have been a single house. The cottages are constructed of roughly cut and squared ham stone with ashlar dressings, with a central section that appears to be a partial refronting near-ashlar. They have thatched roofs with coped gables, and stone slab chimney stacks with traditional baffles. The cottages are single-storey with an attic, and comprise six bays in total. They feature hollow-chamfered mullioned windows set in chamfered recesses; two-light windows are present in bays 3, 4, and 5, while a three-light window is located in bay 6 and the upper bay 2. The upper bay 2 window has rectangular leaded panes and iron framed opening lights, with a label above. Bays 1 and 2 have 19th or 20th century small-pane casement windows. A cambered-arched doorway with a label is on the left of the lower bay 2, leading to No. 3, with similar doorways to the right of bay 2 (No. 2) and to the left of bay 6 (No. 1). These doorways are linked by a continuous label. Upper bays 3, 5, and 6 have three-light timber casement windows set into the thatch. The interior of No. 1 is reported to be the service end of a larger original house, with No. 2 representing the hall and inner room, and No. 3 a later addition. Notable interior features include chamfered beams with step and run-out stops, almost scroll-stops, with a watching beam over the hall fireplace, which backs onto the cross-passage.