Description

THORNTON IN LONSDALE THORNTON LANE
SD 67 SE
(East side)
9/17 Thornton Hall
20.2.58
GV II

Farmhouse. Late C17 with C19 and C20 alterations. Limewashed rubble, limewashed
stone dressings, stone slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Entrance left of centre
in C20 gabled porch has moulded surround, 4 panel door, upper 2 glazed. Left-hand
ground and upper floor windows have plain C19 surrounds, 6 pane sashes. Large
ground floor window right of entrance has moulded surround, 6 pane sashes and
was probably wider as hoodmould continues to left, and sill has been lowered.
Right-hand ground floor double chamfered window, probably originally 2-lights
with mullion now missing, hoodmould. Remaining upper floor windows, right of
centre double chamfered former 2-light, mullion now missing, 6 pane sashes,
right-hand stepped 3-light double chamfered mullioned, outer fixed lights, inner
4 pane sashes. Hoodmould has massive stops - foliate to left, grotesque to
right. Gable end stacks, that to right projects. Main outbuilding to right
is round-arched fireplace with joggled voussoirs inscribed 1669 IB TB.

Listing NGR: SD6902074228

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26544692

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback