Below the eaves are worn Norman corbels (from around 1125). Did they support the roof timbers for a thatch roof?
Surprisingly, half of them seem to depict cats. Is this the witches' familiar, warding off evil? Or just the preference of a cat-loving patron?
N7 might be something fiercer, and N15 is a monkey, or perhaps a woman in a wimple, or even a tumbler with his legs folded over his head. See also J A Cossins.
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| N5, N7, N15 | N6, N10, N17 | N8, N12, N19 |
below: N20, N21
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