Description

THIRKLEBY HIGH AND LOW A19 SE 47 NE WITH OSGODBY (east side, off) 4/55 Stables at Thirkleby Hall 20.6.66 - II Stables to Thirkleby Hall - now house and outbuildings. 1780s altered C20. Probably by James and Samuel Wyatt as was house (demolished; Pevsner, p 365). Ashlar and pinkish brick; roof of graduated slates and C20 imitation slates. Courtyard plan. 2 storeys, 9 x 7 bays. Central entranceway under clock tower; wide end bays slightly projecting; plinth, first floor band, eaves cornice continuing across returns, originally symmetrical, but bays to right of entrance altered as house. Entrance: full-heing round arch with archivolt on imposts and later, C19, cast-iron double gates with spear-finialled bars and fleury mid-rail; archway flanked by pilasters supporting entablature with frieze, cornice and blocking course. Clock tower above is square-sectioned, rendered, of 2 stages, the lower stage with plinth, pilasters and cornice framing recesses with clock to front and blind oculi to sides; recessed 2nd stage has open, round-arched sides, lead cupola and iron weather vane. Bays flanking entrance originally had blind openings - a semi-domed niche with square opening above flanked by tall square-headed openings under oculi; but now with various C20 windows and, to right, a door in Porch. End bays have round-arched doorways (left one now with window and door inserted to right, right one replaced by C20 bay window) with square, 6-pane sashes above (right one replaced by C20 window). Rear: ground floor: 2 doors; tall windows, some half-blind, first floor: square window openings, blind to outer bays louvred to 3 central bays, others 6-pane sashes; 2 cofniced late C19, white-brick, cross-ridge stacks. Left return on ground floor, central arched recess with door of 8 incised panels under blind Diocletian fanlight; tall blind windows; first floor windows as rear; brick stacks. Courtyard elevations: of pinkish brick in English bond with some stone plinth and first floor band; round-arched stable doorways to side ranges, coach-doorways with double board doors to rear range; on first floor, louvred, cambered-brick-arched openings, with boarded hatch with iron ledge and crane to centre of rear range. Interior: entranceway has quadripartite vault and, to each side wall, plinth, door (right on blocked) and, on left side at upper level, a louvred opening interiors of ranges not inspected at Resurvey. N Pevsner, The Building of Engliand, Yorkshire, The North Riding'.

Listing NGR: SE4702179199

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide