Vane Cottage

Vane Cottage is a 19th-century cottage that fills a gap in the row of the 17th-century Court Farmhouse in Norton Sub Hamdon. It is constructed from near-ashlar ham stone with ashlar dressings and features a thatched roof between coped gables, along with yellow brick chimney stacks. The cottage has two storeys and two bays. The windows are hollow-chamfered mullioned types set in chamfered recesses, with a three-light window above and a four-light window below. The upper window has separate labels, while the lower window has a continuous label that steps up over a chamfered and cambered-arched doorway leading to the lower bay, which contains a 19th-century door. There is also a small single light added to the right. The upper windows are rectangular and leaded with iron-framed opening lights. Inside, the ground floor has been altered in the 19th and 20th centuries, with extensions to the rear. The roof frame consists of collar trusses with collars that are side-lapped and principals that are lapped at the ridge. The cottage is primarily noted for its important group value and as an interesting example of 19th-century conservation.