Norman House, York black plaque

York, York, England, United Kingdom

Norman House. Originally a two storey building of good Norman freestone, it would have had an undercroft of wood supporting the first floor which was probably also of wood. The hall on the first floor was lit by windows, one of which remains and has a shaft with a water leaf capital between the two

lights. The windows were rebated at the inside for shutters but were never glazed. The house was probably at one time the Prebendal house of Osbaldwick, a village near York, and indeed a house on the

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