Dean Hall House the Glen Thorpe House

Thorpe House, also known as The Glen and Dean Hall House, is a house that has been divided into three separate dwellings. It was built in 1863 and incorporates medieval masonry from the Market House in Durham. The house was constructed for Charles Thorpe, who was the Rector of Ryton from 1807 to 1863.

The exterior features coursed squared sandstone with quoins and a steep roof made of Welsh slate, complete with stone gable copings. The building has an H-plan layout and stands two storeys high, with one, three, and one bays. The west elevation facing the garden includes a central Norman arch adorned with chevron and billet moulding, flanked by moulded round-headed openings that contain a door on the left and a window on the right. Above this, there is a four-light round window decorated with nailhead detailing, flanked by narrow sash windows set in chamfered irregular-block surrounds.

The gables on either side of the house feature distinct windows: on the left, there is a two-light Decorated window beneath a two-light Transitional window, topped with a trefoil in the gable; on the right, a three-stepped Norman window with chevron and bobbin moulding sits below paired round-headed sashes, also in chamfered irregular-block surrounds, with a round indented window at the peak of the gable. The roof is finished with trefoil-moulded apexes on the gable copings and has one rear and two ridge ashlar chimneys with conjoined plinths on cornices.

Inside Thorpe House, the northern section features a closed-string staircase with a balustrade made up of alternating spiral and flat turned balusters, along with pew-end panels and a grip handrail.