Thurnscoe Hall

Thurnscoe Hall is a house believed to have been built between 1670 and 1701 for Thomas Shirecliffe. It is constructed of ashlar sandstone with a stone slate roof. The building features a symmetrical front with a double wing at the rear left and a lower block at the angle with the main range. There is another lower block attached to the rear left of the wing, which has two storeys and a half basement. The main range consists of two storeys and an attic, with seven bays.

Notable architectural details include a moulded plinth at sill level, chamfered quoins, and moulded string courses above the windows. The central Doric stone porch has a plain frieze and pediment, now fitted with glazed doors. This porch is flanked by two rusticated pilasters that extend to the second-floor string, where they are connected by a broken segmental pediment that encloses a plaque with the motto 'Famen Extendere Factis' and the animal's-head crest of Thornaby Taylor, the last lord of the manor who died in 1926.

The ground floor features four-pane sash windows in projecting bead-moulded surrounds, while the first floor has sashes with glazing bars and a narrower eight-pane central window. The building is topped with a moulded stone eaves cornice, moulded kneelers, and ashlar gable copings. There are shouldered ashlar end stacks, one of which has a band to the left, and a similar stack on the right, which has been altered.

On the right return, there is a ground-floor canted bay with a French window and a Venetian window above. The interior has been mostly altered, but it includes an interesting cast-iron fireplace on the ground floor left, featuring an eared architrave and decorative frieze, as well as an ornate surround to the Venetian window on the first floor right.