Thealby Hall

SE 81 NE BURTON UPON STATHER DARBY ROAD (north side) Thealby 1/5 Thealby Hall -

GV II

House. c1800, with later C19 rear extension and 1982 rear section and alterations. Probably for one of the Sheffield family. Yellow-grey gault brick with wooden eaves cornice, slate roof. 2 storeys, 5 bays; symmetrical. Stone steps to central entrance with attached Doric columns supporting an open dentilled pediment. Panelled door beneath radial fanlight in pannelled reveals and soffit. Unequal 20-pane sashes to ground floor, 16-pane sashes above, all with ashlar cills and channelled and keyed stucco cambered arches. Bold dentilled eaves cornice. Hipped roof and end stacks with blue brick caps and square chimney pots. Left and right returns have angle pilasters with the terminal returns of the eaves cornice. Interior: stair-hall has moulded plaster cornices and ceiling with central fan motif, staircase with slender turned balusters and sweeping handrail. Ground floor front rooms have boldly-reeded plaster cornices with lion's head and flower bosses, and an arched alcove in the north room with fan decoration in a reeded architrave and reveal. Other original features include doors, architraves and window shutters. The 2 chimney-pieces in the ground floor front rooms (one mid-late C18 in marble with carved figure centre- piece) are insertions of 1982. The range of 1982 is not of special interest.

Listing NGR: SE8928218104