Listed Building: OLIVE COTTAGE (1066617)

NORBURY C.P. THE COMMON SJ 54 NE 2/75 Olive Cottage 12.1.67 - II House. Mid C17 with late C17 addition. Timber framed with brick infill and thatched roof. Two storeys. Entrance front: of two builds, the right hand portion being earlier and having 11 x 2 cells of small framing with angle braces at right and left and right of centre. To this portion is a doorway at far left with a ½-glazed C20 door and gabled porch. To right of this are a 3-light and a 2-light ground floor window at centre and far right. Single light first floor window at left and 2-light swept dormer window to right. The later portion at left has 3 x 2 cells of small framing with a doorway to the centre with a lean-to porch and above this at first floor level a 2-light swept dormer window. Chimney stacks to far right and to left of centre. The right hand end has a C19 or C20 chimney stack to right of centre and rendered walling mostly painted in simulation of timber framing, but with some timber to the lower wall and gable. The left hand end also has some timber framing to the lower wall although mostly painted in simulation of timber framing. Rear: at left are 9 x 2 cells of small framing with angle braces at left, right and right of centre. Canted ground floor bow window at right with hipped roof and a 2-light ground floor window at left. Above this at first floor level are three 2-light swept dormer windows. To the right hand, later, portion are 3 x 2 cells of small framing with one 3-light ground floor casement window. Interior: small-framed dividing wall. Chamfered ceiling beams to parlour. One other ground floor room has pine ceiling beams replaced in the C20 as the result of a fire. Two trusses to the first floor with queen posts and lateral upright pasts. Two flights of stairs leading from the half-landing to the different portions. Listing NGR: SJ5505348172