Thornley Hall Farmhouse

Thornley Hall Farmhouse is a large farmhouse dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century, possibly incorporating earlier materials. The structure features partly-rendered rubble with some brick infill in the gables and has a Welsh slate roof with rebuilt brick chimneys. The front is three stories high with nine bays and roughly-dressed quoins. A late 19th-century four-panel door with a two-pane overlight in a moulded surround is located in the third bay, along with a blocked doorway to the right. The windows consist mainly of replaced four-pane sashes and some twelve-pane sashes, all set under flat brick arches. A rendered square sundial is centrally placed above the first floor, and there are square four-pane sashes on the second floor. The steeply-pitched roof features coped gables with shaped kneelers, one ridge chimney, and two end chimneys. The later and lower rear section has two stories plus a basement with replaced scattered windows.

Inside, there are contemporary features including two panelled rooms (one with an apsidal cupboard framed by fluted pilasters built into the wall), several two- and six-panel doors, and six-panel window shutters. A four-flight closed-string dogleg staircase with turned balusters and a moulded handrail is present, along with a boarded kitchen door with a drawbar and sockets set in a Tudor-arched surround with a large keystone, which was the former rear doorway. The rear basement contains two cellars with brick tunnel vaults. The outbuildings attached to the rear are not of special interest.