Norwood Park Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1950. Farmhouse. 8 related planning applications.
Norwood Park Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- watchful-wicket-rain
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1950
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Norwood Park Farmhouse, dating to around 1480, was originally built as a residence for the abbots of Glastonbury. The construction incorporates blue lias and rubble with some ashlar dressings. The building consists of two gabled and buttressed wings, with substantial modern extensions on each side. It has pantile roofs, and the left gable features a parapet with a saddle-stone. An original first-floor window with two pointed lights under a square head is visible, along with a small quatrefoil in the right-hand gable. A four-centred archway is present to the right. Restored or modern windows with two and three lights, arranged as mullions, are incorporated throughout.
The main east-facing front shows a gable to the right with diagonal buttresses and a raised parapet featuring a saddle-stone. A projecting central bay extends through both storeys, featuring stringcourses and a crenellated parapet. This bay has three windows with paired pointed lights under rectangular heads, with additional single lights on the sides. An inset carved panel displays a mitre and the initials "I S" (John de Selwode) above the ground floor. A small, one-storey porch was added in 1910.
The internal structure of the medieval section remains largely original, with moulded beams in both ground and first-floor rooms. An original internal partition with a door survives on the upper floor. Despite subsequent additions, the farmhouse is recognized as an important building within the Glastonbury monastic estate.
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