NHER 37368 (Building record) - Ostrich House and adjacent buildings

Ostrich House.

March 1985. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"House. Early 19th century. Red brick, red pantiled roof. Two storey, three bays. Two ground floor tripartite sashes with glazing bars, three first floor sashes under glazing bars, all under. cement rendered lintels. Central 20th-century door replacement with bracketted gabled pentice porch with carved ostrich. Coped end parapets gables with two stacks."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 23 February 2024.

Fragments of limestone and conglomerate reused in end wall of 18th century house, extended in 19th century.
See (S2).
E. Rose (NLA), 5 September 2002.

November 2004. Visited. Adjacent houses (not listed) examined briefly.
They are of 18th and 19th century builds and seem to have been regularly added to the eastward. One has four colossal heads of unknown origin outside.
See (S3).
E. Rose (NLA), 26 November 2004.

(S4) in file suggests 17th rather than 18th century origin for Ostrich House.
E. Rose (NLA), 30 April 2005.

Information submitted by former owners of the attached house with classical sculptures at entrance: They were advised by the then Earl of Leicester that the four heads represent the Four Seasons and were carved for William Kent's 'Seat on the Mount' at Holkham which was pulled down in the mid 19th century. They were believed sold c.1900 as part payment for wages. Until around 1980, the male heads sat on top of the female ones but were reinstalled at the front as gateposts during the 1980s.
Information from [1].
A. Yardy (HES), 26 August 2015.