Description

NORTH YORKSHIRE HARROGATE 5338

SE 45 SE THORNVILLE PLANETREE LANE (east end)

7/68 Old Thornville 15.3.66

GV II*

Large country house. Mid to late C17 and C18. Red brick, Flemish bond, stone slate roof. Square block built around small inner courtyard. 2 and 3 storeys to south front, 6 bays. 8-panel double door with fanlight in bay 2, flanked by Tuscan columns supporting a semi-circular hood. Sash windows with glazing bars in flush wood architraves to ground floor and first-floor end bays. Five 6-pane sashes to third storey. Guaged brick arches and stone sills. Projecting first-floor band, stepped down to left of doorway. Projecting band at eaves level, with plain parapet with ashlar coping and 11 ball finials . End stacks and hipped roof over stairwell behind parapet. Rear facade: projecting square-headed opening to courtyard with blind window over. Flanking and upper-floor side-sliding sash windows. To right - the gable end is of 3 storeys, in rusticated and gauged brick. Moulded bricks used in string courses to first and attic storeys, blocked oeuil-de-boeuf windows flanking ground-and first-floor windows, and coping to Dutch gable. These features continue around to left end of left return, of 2 storeys and 3 bays. Interior: main door opens into hall with early C18 cantilevered staircase with later domed roof. The drawing room has mid C18 panelling and excellent carving with enriched doorcases and cornices. The Dutch House, Kew (1631) has the earliest instance of gauged brickwork and Dutch gables of this style in this country. Rusticated brickwork continued in use for a long period - see basement storey of Holkham Hall, Norfolk (1734-61).

Listing NGR: SE4563054698

External Links

• Wikidata Q17536571

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas